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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. 1
    • : a march back over the same ground.
    • : a complete reversal of conduct or measures.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to execute a countermarch.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 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.