| 单词 | vj-day |
| 释义 | > as lemmasVJ-day Used attributively and absol. to denote the victory of the Allied forces over those of Japan during the war of 1939–45; esp. as VJ-day, designating either the day upon which Japan ceased fighting (14 August 1945) or the day of Japan's formal surrender (2 September 1945). ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > of battles, wars, treaties, etc. day of truce1486 Evil May Dayc1590 Bonfire Night1661 Pope Day1769 Pope Night1773 the Fourth (of July)1779 Town Taking Day1788 Independence Day1791 Independent Day1803 Guy Fawkes day1825 Bastille Day1837 Trafalgar Day1837 Turkey Day1870 Canada Day1882 Juneteenth1890 flag-day1894 Patriots' Day1894 Remembrance Day1895 twelfth1896 Quatorze Juillet1899 quatorze1915 Armistice Day1918 Poppy Day1921 Remembrance Sunday1925 VJ-day1944 Commonwealth Day1958 society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > a victory > specific Halleluia victory1683 Alleluia victory1747 VE1944 VJ1944 society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > day or hour of victory > spec V-Day1941 VJ-day1944 1944 Washington Post 10 Sept. 3/1 James F. Byrne, director of War Mobilization, found a new designation for the two victory days... Last night he referred to the date of Germany's impending surrender as V-E (victory in Europe) Day, and the day of Japan's defeat as V-J (Victory over Japan) Day. 1945 Sun (Baltimore) 15 June 1/8 (heading) ‘V-J by Christmas’ amazes Carlson. 1945 Yank 7 Sept. 9 The GIs had managed to keep their VJ spirit bottled up through most of the phony rumors, but when the real thing was popped, the cork popped with a vengeance. 1956 B.B.C. Handbk. 1957 169 VJ-day was recalled by the Overseas Services in a series of talks. 1968 Listener 19 Dec. 811/3 (caption) Revellers on V-J night. 1974 J. Wainwright Hard Hit 87 My memories ended with the war... Then—less than a week after V.J.—I married James. 1977 Wandsworth Borough News 16 Sept. 12/4 The jubilee street parties are reminiscent of those marvellous V.E. and V.J. celebrations, when pianos were pulled on to the streets and everyone—strangers or not—were welcomed. 1978 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts 126 252/1 On VJ night I was Station Duty Officer. 1982 T. Fitzgibbon With Love xi. 176 A little under a month after the first bomb on Hiroshima being dropped, VJ-Day as it was called was officially celebrated on 2 September 1945. < as lemmas |
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