maquis
/mah-kee, ma-; French ma-kee/US // mɑˈki, mæ-; French maˈki //UK // (mɑːˈkiː) //
灌木丛,侯爵,侯爵夫人,灌木
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
plural ma·quis [mah-keez, ma-; French ma-kee]. /mɑˈkiz, mæ-; French maˈki/.
- : the French underground movement, or Resistance, that combatted the Nazis in World War II.
- : Also called maquisard. a member of this movement.
Examples
Your fine cloth frock-coat would be in tatters in two days, if you wore it in the maquis.
We shall meet again in the maquis, some day, perhaps, and then we'll continue our study of Virgil.
Startled by the firing, a horse which had been wandering through the maquis, was really coming close up to them.
I had a guide with me, for fear I should lose my way in the maquis.
Rand leaned over and spat into the brass cuspidor, a gesture of braggadocio he had picked up among the French maquis.
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