Dunkirk

• n. 敦刻尔克（法国北部港市）；敦刻尔克式撤退；困难局面

法国东北部靠近比利时边境的港口城市，敦刻尔克以二战中1940年发生在这里的敦刻尔克战役和英法军队大撤退而闻名。其字面意思是dune church(kirk).

1. a crisis in which a desperate effort is the only alternative to defeat;

"the Russians had to pull off a Dunkirk to get out of there"

2. a city in northern France on the North Sea where in World War II (1940) 330,000 Allied troops had to be evacuated from the beaches at Dunkirk in a desperate retreat under enemy fire

Dunkirk

city on the northeast coast of France, French dunkerque, literally "dune church," from Middle Dutch dune (see dune) + kerke (see church (n.)); in reference to the 7c. church of St. Eloi.

The French constructed a series of fortresses from Dunkirk on the Channel coast to Douai.

法国人在从敦克尔刻到杜埃的英吉利海峡沿岸修筑了一系列要塞。

柯林斯例句

She'll go sailing proudly down the years in the epic of Dunkirk.

在敦刻尔克之役可歌可泣的历史中,它将年复一年地傲然前进.

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Here at Dunkirk is another English epic.

在敦刻尔克这个地方,又一次发生英国人可歌可泣的事迹.

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Dozens of aircraft flares were dropped over Dunkirk by German bombers.

德国轰炸机在敦克尔刻上空投下几十颗照明弹.

辞典例句

Lockhart, and was killed at the battle near Dunkirk against the Spaniards.

大哥是在敦刻尔克附近与西班牙人作战时阵亡的.

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This picture shows how complex the evacuation from Dunkirk could be.

这张照片显示了敦刻尔克撤退的复杂程度.

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Dunkirk evacuation had taken part in the command.

曾参加指挥敦刻尔克撤退.

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They bought it at Dunkirk.

他们在敦刻尔克遇害.

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This picture shows Allied troops waiting for evacuation from the beaches at Dunkirk.

这张照片显示盟军准备从敦刻尔克的滩头撤退.

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We still do not know whether Cancun someday as the Dunkirk of the Doha Round.

我们还不知道坎昆是否有一天会成为多哈回合的敦克尔克.

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