Countermine
[kauntәmain]
解释:
(noun.) (military) a tunnel dug to defeat similar activities by the enemy.
(verb.) destroy enemy mines with one's own mines; 'We countermined the banks of the river'.
欧文录入--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.
(n.) A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.
(v. t.) To oppose by means of a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.
(v. t.) To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.
(v. i.) To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.
整理:薇尔玛
例句:
- There were a few men, however, left at the advance line, and others working in the countermine, which was still being pushed to find ours. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- I should be glad to countermine him, respecting the handsome gal, your friend. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- The enemy had countermined, but did not succeed in reaching our mine. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
手打:默文