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air raid

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Airforce
ˈair raid noun [countable]  PMPan attack in which bombs are dropped on a place by planes 空袭
Examples from the Corpus
air raidOne afternoon, after an air raid, one of the students asked me if I knew why the planes came.The success of their final run depended on a diversionary air raid.Then the anti-aircraft guns opened up, firing into the air against an imagined air raid.There were several air raid warnings in late July but little damage.Suddenly the sharp, heavy squall of the air raid siren lashed the silence between them.Equipment was possibly used to trigger air raid sirens during the Second World War.
ˈair raid nounChineseSyllable
bombs attack are which an in Corpus a on dropped


air raid
ˈair raid noun [countable]
an attack in which bombs are dropped on a place by planes


air raidBrE /ˈeə reɪd/ 🔊NAmE /ˈer reɪd/ 🔊 nounan attack by a number of aircraft dropping many bombs on a place 空袭The family was killed in an air raid. 这家人在一次空袭中遇难。🔊🔊an air-raid shelter/warning 防空洞;空袭警报