world war
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++ˌworld ˈwar noun [countable] a war involving many of the countries of the world 世界大战 fears of another world war 对再次爆发世界大战的担心 Churchill was prime minister during the Second World War. 丘吉尔在第二次世界大战期间任首相。 the years after World War I 第一次世界大战后的岁月
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world war• That is almost twice as many as died in the first world war.• He won the Military Cross and rose to Major in the first world war.• At the beginning of the first world war he applied unsuccessfully to rejoin the army.• Never since the first world war have we had homeless teenage children begging in the streets.• The whispering against Bradman increased during the second world war.• We see newsreel footage of cavalry, blazing buildings, war planes - from revolutions, civil war, world war.ˌworld ˈwar nounChineseSyllable
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world war
ˌworld ˈwar
noun [countable]
a war involving many of the countries of the world:
fears of another world war
Churchill was prime minister during the Second World War.
the years after World War I
ˌworld ˈwar
noun [countable]a war involving many of the countries of the world: