countermarch
/noun koun-ter-mahrch; verb koun-ter-mahrch, koun-ter-mahrch/US // noun ˈkaʊn tərˌmɑrtʃ; verb ˌkaʊn tərˈmɑrtʃ, ˈkaʊn tərˌmɑrtʃ //UK // (ˈkaʊntəˌmɑːtʃ) //
倒退,反击,反击行动,反击战
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : a march back over the same ground.
- : a complete reversal of conduct or measures.
v.无主动词 verb
- 1
- : to execute a countermarch.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
- : to cause to countermarch.
Examples
The delay had been so great that Beauregard now advised a countermarch back to Corinth.
As soon as the argument in hand had been made, both would countermarch, and the listener would now become the speaker.
I am afraid the Confederates will by a rapid countermarch fall upon Pope with overwhelming force.
No one saw the minutemen march and countermarch, and no one could hear their feet in the soft grass.
And yet, at every march and countermarch in the drill of duty, he was aware of her.
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