单词	countermine
释义	countermine /ˈkaʊntəmʌɪn / noun Military An excavation dug to intercept another dug by an enemy.A countermine was successful when an enemy tunnel was intercepted.... A mine dug through the solid rock below the castle was intercepted by a countermine, bringing the mining to an end. Here, the engineer is Hamlet, who is going to place some explosives in a countermine, one yard underneath that of his ‘excellent good friends’. verb [with object] Dig a countermine against: (as noun countermining) countermining would be impossible given their shortage of gun powder... Mining operations and countermining operations have been part of America's wars since World War II. Another 20 unknown contacts were countermined in harbours as the team responded to USN unmanned vehicle or marine mammal searches. By countermining at these points, the Barcaeans broke into the enemy's works and slew the men they found there.
随便看	prosopyle prospect prospect-hunter prospecting claim prospection prospective prospective glass prospectively prospectiveness prospectless prospector prospectus prospekt prosper prosperable prosperation prosperity prosperity budget Prospero prosperous prosperous-looking prosperously prosperousness prosphora prospicience

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