单词 | reinforcement |
释义 | re·inforcement 1. obsolete < with a sudden reinforcement struck … like a planet — Shakespeare > 2. a. < willow mattresses used for reinforcement of caving banks — American Guide Series: Louisiana > < his task is the factual reinforcement of Christian theology by ethnology — Rodney Needham > < heavy reinforcement of credit supplies … had taken place — Financial Times (London) > b. 3. archaic 4. a. < received … a reinforcement of 30,000 men — Thomas Lediard > — often used in plural < without reinforcements he would not be able to maintain his position — U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings > b. < great reinforcements of sympathy — Walter Pater > c. < leather reinforcements on the jacket and trouser pockets — New York Times > < gummed reinforcements … prevent paper from tearing — J.R.Gregg > |
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