| 单词 | cannon fever |
| 释义 | > as lemmascannon fever cannon fever n. now rare and historical severe anxiety and stress caused by exposure to cannon fire on the battlefield; a fear of battle arising from this; cf. shell shock n. 1a. ΚΠ 1807 J. R. Shaw Narr. Life & Travels. viii. 122 Some of our party..were immediately seized with the cannon fever, and retreated with all possible expedition. 1833 Edinb. Rev. 57 381 That..exciting sensation known to military men by the name of the cannon-fever. 1934 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 8 Sept. 498/1 Instead of shell-shock, we were taught of ‘cannon fever’ as the cause of nervous troubles after a war. 1987 J. I. Robertson Blue & Gray 221 Soldiers usually referred to cowards as men suffering from ‘cannon fever’. < as lemmas |
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