| 单词 |
Greenham |
| 释义 |
Greenham|ˈgriːnəm|
[f. the name of Greenham Common in Berkshire, southern England.]
Greenham woman: any of the women who established a women's peace camp (see peace n. 17 a) at Greenham Common in 1981 to protest about the deployment of nuclear weapons at the U.S. airbase there and elsewhere. Also Greenham Common woman.
1982Sunday Times 19 Dec. 32/3 In September 1981..the Greenham women were still a long way off their present notoriety. 1982Guardian 13 Dec. 12/2 The work of the women's lib movement is growing ugly and facetious, trampling over ideals of unity and the love of all people to use the Greenham Common women's dedication and commitment to make an abrasive and belittling point. 1983Guardian Weekly 4 Dec. 5 Not least of it is the success of the Greenham women in preventing the effective deployment of the first batch of cruise missiles. 1985New Statesman 27 Sept. 6/2 Katrina conducted her own defence and read to the court the notorious ‘SAS’ letter sent to CND which said that a Greenham woman would be framed. |
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