| 单词 | debouch |
| 释义 | debouch (once / 9242 pages) v When soldiers debouch, they march out of a very narrow space. Troops might debouch out of a long pass between mountains, for example. When military troops debouch, they march in a long, narrow line — sometimes single file — because of the width of the area they're moving through. As they debouch, the soldiers emerge in a larger area, like an open field. The narrow space is known as a defile in military terminology. The verb debouch has a French root, déboucher, which combines dé, or "removal," and bouche, "mouth." WORD FAMILYdebouch: debouched, debouches, debouching USAGE EXAMPLESShe set up her Jokari on a scorched patch of grass beside where their chalky drive debouched onto the road. The New Yorker(Jul 02, 2012) We rode down this valley for about 6 miles until it debouched into the main Arun Valley. Howard-Bury, Charles Kenneth, Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1...(2012) At 8 or 9 o'clock next morning the news came in that the enemy was just debouching from the south of Ham toward Esmery-Hallon. Various, Current History: A Monthly Magazine...(2012) 1v march out (as from a defile) into open ground The regiments debouched from the valley Syn|Hyper march out march, process march in a procession 2v pass out or emerge; especially of rivers The tributary debouched into the big river Hyper come forth, come out, egress, emerge, go forth, issue come out of |
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