单词 | human shield |
释义 | human shield From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishhuman shieldˌhuman ˈshield noun [countable]someone who is taken and kept as a prisoner by a criminal in order to protect the criminal from being killed, injured, or caughtExamples from the Corpushuman shield• Denis says they're using the children as a human shield.• There was even some laughter when one of the thieves picked up a little girl to use as a human shield. |
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