Pearl Harbor
名词 n.
动词 v.
专有名词
英 /ˌpɜːl ˈhɑːbə/
美 /ˌpɝ˞l ˈhɑɹbɚ/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A sneak attack, often using underhanded measures.
— Most Americans wanted no more Pearl Harbors, but they now expected Germany to attempt one.
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A seminal dramatic event that unites a community and arouses it into action against an enemy.
— For all practical purposes, the United States is undergoing an electronic Pearl Harbor, and the target is one of the most crucial segments of our way of life: Information.
动词 v.
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To attack by surprise; to subject to a sneak attack.
— The first and second ships had been successfully Pearl Harbored. The third was not to be surprised. As we approached, she dropped her net and fled. We pursued.
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To take rudely by surprise.
— Of course, with the Soviets' launch of Sputnik, the Americans had been Pearl Harbored in space.
专有名词
- A placename; A deep water harbor in Oahu, Hawaii, United States in the Pacific.
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A placename; A naval base in Pearl Harbor, Oahu, Hawaii, United States: a US Navy base
— Bluto: What? Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no! Otter: [to Boon] Germans? Boon: Forget it, he's rolling.
- A placename; Alternative form of Pearl Harbour.
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The attack on Pearl Harbor.
— Pearl Harbor happened in 1941 and was the direct cause of the United States' entry into World War II.
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Calque of Hawaiian Wai Momi (“pearl water”). The extended senses allude to the surprise attack executed by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Calque of Hawaiian Wai Momi (“pearl water”). The extended senses allude to the surprise attack executed by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the harbor on December 7, 1941.
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Calque of Hawaiian Wai Momi (“pearl water”). The extended senses allude to the surprise attack executed by the Imperial Japanese Navy on the harbor on December 7, 1941.
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