单词 | countermine |
释义 | countermine (once / 29402 pages) vn WORD FAMILY countermine: countermined, countermines, countermining+/mine: countermine, mined, miner, mines, mining/mined: unmined/miner: miners/mining: minings USAGE EXAMPLESThey mined and countermined, until the whole area had been honeycombed. Bartlett, William Chauncey, A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed.(2012) The knights in the town perceived what they were about and made countermines to destroy them, but they failed in their attempt. Ogg, Frederic Austin, A Source Book of Medi?val History—D...(2012) For it was clear, was it not, that her mines must be countermined for her own sake and that of her belongings? Wingfield, Lewis, My Lords of Strogue, Vol. I (of III...(2012) 1v destroy enemy mines with one's own mines We countermined the banks of the river Hyper mine lay mines 2v destroy property or hinder normal operations Syn|Hypo|Hyper counteract, sabotage, subvert, undermine, weaken derail cause to run off the tracks disobey refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient 3n (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy Hyper countermeasure an action taken to offset another action |
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