| 单词 | my lai massacre |
| 释义 | My Lai massacre[ (mee leye) ] A mass killing of helpless inhabitants of a village in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, carried out in 1968 by United States troops under the command of Lieutenant William Calley. Calley was court-martialed and sentenced to life imprisonment, but he only served a few years before parole. The massacre, horrible in itself, became a symbol (see also symbol) for those opposed to the war in Vietnam. Words nearby My Lai massacreMyingyan, Mykerinos, Mykolayiv, Mykonos, My Lai, My Lai massacre, Mylanta, Mylar, Mylicon, mylohyoid, mylohyoid muscle The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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