| 单词 |
world war |
| 释义 |
World War, world war
[f. world n. + war n.1; cf. G. weltkrieg.]
1. A war involving many important nations; spec. that of 1914–18 or of 1939–45.
1909Westm. Gaz. 8 Apr. 4/2 This..is the type of dirigible by which in a world-war..360,000 German troops could be transported from Calais to Dover in half an hour. 1914B. Vaughan What of To-Day? xii. 103 What the South African War failed to teach I really believe this world-war will bring home to us. 1921A. Huxley Crome Yellow ix. 82 Armageddon, that world war with which the Second Coming is to be so closely associated. 1949G. A. Birmingham Laura's Bishop 171 To call this, when it comes, a world war is to minimize its importance. It will be worse than a world war. 1978I. B. Singer Shosha v. 90 Let's snatch a little peace before another world war breaks out.
2. In the designation of a particular (real or hypothetical) war, as First World War, World War (No.) I (or World War One): see first a. C. 2 a; Second World War, World War (No.) II (or World War Two): a subsequent world war, spec. that of 1939–45: see second a. 7 a; Third World War, World War (No.) III (or World War Three): see third a. 5. Also transf.
1919Manch. Guardian 18 Feb. 10/2 (heading) World War No 2. 1939Time 11 Sept. 38/1 Some of the diplomatic juggling which last week ended in World War II was old-fashioned international jockeying for power. Ibid. 18 Sept. 10/2 Exports of arms, munitions and related materials in World War I amounted..to only 25% of total exports to the Allies. 1945Duke of Bedford Let. 16 Apr. in B. Russell Autobiogr. (1969) III. i. 44 You will have to postpone your visit until the brief interlude between this war & world-war no 3. 1947Time & Tide 29 Nov. 1269/2 The despair and cynicism that followed what it has now become fashionable to call World War One. 1948N. Wiener Cybernetics 7 When I came to the Institute after World War No. 1 [etc.]. 1959N.Z. Listener 17 Apr. 6/1 Clearly the meaning of the treaties in case of wars which can be limited is somewhat different from the meaning they have in the event of World War III. 1963D. Broun Egypt's Choice i. 12 ‘During World War Deuce, sir,’ the Colonel said. 1968K. Bird Smash Glass Image viii. 102 Rattling their rifles as if they were fighting World War Three. 1968Listener 12 Dec. 787/3 When World War Two broke out on 3 September 1939, Monnet remembered his World War One experiences. 1976P. R. White Planning for Public Transport iv. 72 As early as World War One some minor stations and routes were closed. |
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