单词 | ratline |
释义 | ratline (once / 36480 pages) n WORD FAMILY ratline: ratlines USAGE EXAMPLESKK: You write that Obama authorized a ratline wherein CIA funneled arms from Libya into Syria and they ended up in jihadi hands. Salon(Apr 22, 2016) Photograph: Str/EPA Ratlines are the small ropes that form a ladder from a boat to the shore. The Guardian(Feb 22, 2013) "We know this from the ratlines of fighters that used to go into Iraq," he says. Time(May 14, 2012) n (nautical) a small horizontal rope between the shrouds of a sailing ship; they form a ladder for climbing aloft Syn|Hyper ratlin line something (as a cord or rope) that is long and thin and flexible |
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