| 单词 | entrenching tool |
| 例句 | He used his entrenching tool like an ax, slashing, feeling both love and hate, and then later, when it was full dark, he sat at the bottom of his foxhole and wept. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z He dug on his knees with an entrenching tool while the man beside him threw up in the sand before lying down with his helmet across his face and fainting. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z With his entrenching tool, which weighed 5 pounds, he began digging a hole in the earth. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z You are trying to destroy enemy fighters with rifles and hand grenades and entrenching tools at close range. Opinion | Pardoning convicted troops would tell the world America no longer has a disciplined military 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z “For the rest of the night I was batting hand grenades away with my entrenching tool while firing my rifle at them,” he said in 2001. Hector Cafferata, Medal of Honor recipient in Korean War, dies at 86 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z On a recent afternoon, Johnson trekked through the woods toward the site with a bucket in one hand, a battered US army entrenching tool in the other. Mastodon emerges from a Virginia creek, three decades after first remains found 2015-08-01T04:00:00Z In his left hand, Cafferata carried an entrenching tool, which he used to bat away any Chinese grenades that flew in. Fearlessness: 3 Things You Can Learn From Special Ops and Navy SEALS 2014-05-03T04:01:38Z Immediately on the King's troops appearing on the top of the Redoubt, the Rebels ran off in great confusion leaving their cannon, entrenching tools and a large number of their dead and wounded. The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution 2012-04-02T02:00:25.387Z The men were dead beat: the ground baked hard, and there were no entrenching tools—these having long ago been thrown away. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z He swatted others away with his folding shovel, or entrenching tool. Hector Cafferata, Medal of Honor recipient in Korean War, dies at 86 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Troops there were in plenty, all carrying entrenching tools in addition to arms. The Dispatch-Riders The Adventures of Two British Motor-cyclists in the Great War 2011-06-24T02:00:22.377Z Entrenching under Fire.—Progress in this direction has been delayed by the reluctance of military authorities to add a portable entrenching tool to the heavy burden already carried by the infantry soldier. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z They work away with their entrenching tools, make a new parapet facing the enemy's second line of trenches, and prepare to beat off counter-attacks. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) 2011-02-26T03:00:45.583Z By day a continuous chain of scouts advanced supported by small bodies, at intervals in rear; and mule wagons followed in rear of the centre of each column with supplies, blankets, and entrenching tools. Two Years on Trek Being Some Account of the Royal Sussex Regiment in South Africa 2011-01-26T03:00:28.560Z He contrived to invent and patent a motor entrenching tool, supposed to act fifty times quicker than anything else ever seen. Vision House 2011-01-13T03:01:00.407Z Behind them came the working parties with entrenching tools, such as picks and shovels. The Irish on the Somme Being a Second Series of 'The Irish at the Front' 2011-01-12T03:00:32.843Z There was always great doubt whether the utility of a portable entrenching tool was such as to justify the inconvenience caused to the soldier in carrying it. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Camp equipage, barrels of flour, clothing, entrenching tools, were left behind, and we made ourselves merry over their running. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z The English force numbered 3,140 men, with eighteen pieces of cannon; and, as the men carried entrenching tools, it would seem that Murray contemplated throwing up lines outside the city. A Historical Geography of the British Colonies Vol. V, Canada—Part I, Historical It was four very hard days, fighting both day and night, with no sleep and no trenches to protect us, only the ones we dug ourselves with our entrenching tools. The Irish at the Front The gleam in an ordinarily fishlike eye when he recounts the time you killed three men in hand-to-hand combat, equipped only with an entrenching tool, when they came at you with bayonets. Frigid Fracas Thus the assailants gained the crater but could not advance beyond it in face of the defenders’ fire, nor could they establish themselves within it, on its steep clay sides, for want of entrenching tools. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" 2011-04-22T02:00:08.637Z Does he inquire about the food, the washing facilities, parapet or parados; what a time-fuse does when its time has expired, or even as to the use and abuse of the entrenching tool? Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. CL, April 26, 1916 Actually about two companies strong, they looked a mere handful as they lay huddled close to the hedges in the shallowest of shelter pits scratched in the soil with the field entrenching tool. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade To break them it is necessary to use the handle of your entrenching tool or a stone. “Crumps”, The Plain Story of a Canadian Who Went Every man carries, attached to his waist belt on his back, a small entrenching tool, a "grubber" it is called. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders "Get his rifle, someone, and then come and lend a hand here," cried Corporal Shaw, springing out on to the line and getting to work with an entrenching tool upon the permanent way. Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns You have done everything in your power," wrote Sir Richard to him on the 3rd of May, "and so have I. The soldiers will not embark without the entrenching tools. The Life of Thomas, Lord Cochrane, Tenth Earl of Dundonald, Vol. II The actual casualties were, however, very slight, and the field entrenching tool, until now regarded as a toy, became a valued possession. From the St. Lawrence to the Yser with the 1st Canadian brigade With their entrenching tools they dug holes in the ground, and from behind these little mounds of earth they kept up a steady fire. The Kangaroo Marines Immediately the word comes to "dig in" the men get out their entrenching tools or "grubbers" and set to work. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders So acute did this become that on one occasion the Battalion of its own volition was on the point of "standing to" with entrenching tool handles to repel a threatened raid. The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula Arnold was ordered to bring up the siege train, manned by the 1st Indiana heavy artillery, and Houston to provide entrenching tools and siege materials. History of the Nineteenth Army Corps Regimental reserve distributed to individuals and carried on person; Brigade reserve entrenching tools distributed to units, by them to individuals and carried on person. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Bring your entrenching tools in a parcel, nobody sees them. The Kangaroo Marines The men were turned loose with their entrenching tools and practised "digging in" every day. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders Provisions, entrenching tools, and many stores of various kinds, fell into the hands of the enemy. The Loyalists of America and Their Times, Vol. 1 of 2. From 1620-1816 In addition to the usual entrenching tools, a hundred and twenty short swords were issued to each regiment, and fifty per cent of the followers were also supplied. Through Three Campaigns A Story of Chitral, Tirah and Ashanti A proportion of heavy entrenching tools, signalling and medical gear will be carried by hand. Gallipoli Diary, Volume 2 Operations opened with digging with the entrenching tool—each man to make cover for himself. The Story of the 2/4th Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Men are to make all possible use of entrenching tools and sandbags during attack and defence. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Then we had the usual equipment, pouches containing 120 rounds, bayonet, water bottle and entrenching tool. The Seventeenth Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Chamber of Commerce Battalion) Record of War Service, 1914-1918 We shuffled out into the open, and took up our posts on the banquette, each in fighting array, equipped with 150 rounds of ball cartridge and entrenching tool handle on hip. The Red Horizon "Now, yer supposed to be asleep," said Shorty, and with that he gave me a whack on the soles of my boots with his entrenching tool handle. Kitchener's Mob Adventures of an American in the British Army There was no question of men taking insufficient cover; they melted into the sand after five minutes with an entrenching tool, and during the actual advance they instinctively took advantage of every depression. The Leicestershires beyond Baghdad Each man had to scrape with his entrenching tool as big a hole as he could before the enemy came upon him. "Contemptible", by "Casualty" All we could do now was to hold on where we were, making what cover we could with our entrenching tools, and this we did until darkness came on, when we withdrew. Letters from Mesopotamia in 1915 and January, 1916, from Robert Palmer, who was killed in the Battle of Um El Hannah, June 21, 1916, aged 27 years There is our entrenching tool which we use for digging in. Private Peat Here the Companies left the road and the men improved with their entrenching tools the little cover in the form of ditches and trenches which was to be found, and then lay down. The Story of the 6th Battalion, The Durham Light Infantry France, April 1915-November 1918 It had not been commenced, but the intention to build one was evident, for we found a number of entrenching tools, and a quantity of sandbags. Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief We took off our equipment, hafted the entrenching tools which we always carry, and bent to our work in the wet clay. The Amateur Army So we got out the entrenching tools and dug into the side of the best part of the shallow traverse. A Yankee in the Trenches The horses had been cut loose, still this capture was a very serviceable acquisition to the outfit of the army, especially in entrenching tools. History of Kershaw's Brigade Then entrenching tools dropped to the ground and the men seized their rifles and fired a volley after the two boys. The Boy Allies at Verdun Or, Saving France from the Enemy Over it were suspended Austrian and Bulgarian captures—a lance with a blood-stiffened pennant, a cuirass, entrenching tools, a steel helmet with an eloquent bullet-hole through the crown. The Flying Legion A motion to try and construct a chimney with an entrenching tool is defeated by five votes to one ... dawn is breaking—my first night in trenches comes to an end. Bullets & Billets He has his pack, and his emergency ration, and his entrenching tools, and extra clothing that he needs in bad weather in the trenches, to say nothing of his ever-present rifle. A Minstrel in France There were frequent calls for men to carry the wounded to the rear, to go for ammunition, and as night came on, to go for rations and entrenching tools. History of Negro Soldiers in the Spanish-American War, and Other Items of Interest Driving to the Gare de l'Est, we saw gangs of workmen with entrenching tools, going into trains, under the direction of engineer officers, to dig rifle pits. Paris War Days Diary of an American The pioneers were marshaled with axes and entrenching tools. The Man in Gray I called for Smith, my servant, and telling him to bring his entrenching tool, I began to prize up some of the tiles. Bullets & Billets Through some unaccountable negligence in the persons charged with the execution of these orders the battering artillery was not accompanied with suitable ammunition, and the necessary entrenching tools were not brought. Life and Times of Washington, Volume 2 Revised, Enlarged, and Enriched On the right side of the belt hung a water bottle, covered with felt; on the left side was my bayonet and scabbard, and entrenching tool handle, this handle strapped to the bayonet scabbard. Over the Top In the rear was my entrenching tool, carried in a canvas case. Over the Top They hung their shirts over a hedge and beat them with their entrenching tool handles. Over the Top It wasn't very easy, fitting the blade of the entrenching tool into the crevices, but once I had got a start and had got one or two out, things were easier. Bullets & Billets |
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