A war involving many large nations in all different parts of the world. The name is commonly given to the wars of 1914–18 and 1939–45, although only the second of these was truly global.
世界大战。见FIRST WORLD W AR,S ECOND WORLD WAR
See First World War, Second World War
Example sentencesExamples
Well if that's the case, why are we in the middle of a power battle not seen since the second world war.
During the second world war Gordon served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, mainly in Italy.
It took the second world war to establish that having blood banks was a good idea.
He spent the rest of the second world war as a medical officer in the prisoner of war camps on the notorious Burma railway.
It was not until after the second world war that relative prosperity began to return.
During the second world war he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was mentioned in despatches.
He served in the army during the second world war and was wounded at Dunkirk.
As is well known, Turing spent the second world war breaking German military codes.
He was killed in the second world war near Dunkirk when his battalion was overrun.
The second world war was a far more menacing conflict with far more dangerous foes.
These grew out of the clinic's contribution to military officer selection in the second world war.
During the second world war he served in the navy as a ship's psychiatrist.
Like the First World War, each world war destroyed what went before, the values, the way of life.
The real miracle though, is that the cathedral survived the allied bombing of the second world war.
The Green Beret has been the distinctive hallmark of Commando troops since the second world war.
She was all set to become an actress when the second world war intervened.
During the second world war he served with the US military and flew with a bomber crew to study stress.
He joined the Royal Navy when he left school, and during the second world war he served on minesweepers.
The second world war interrupted his studies and he was called up into the Royal Air Force as a navigator.
The ensuing national outrage persuaded a reluctant US public to join the second world war.
Definition of world war in US English:
world war
nounˈwərld ˈˌwɔ(ə)rˈwərld ˈˌwô(ə)r
A war involving many large nations in all different parts of the world. The name is commonly given to the wars of 1914–18 and 1939–45, although only the second of these was truly global.
世界大战。见FIRST WORLD W AR,S ECOND WORLD WAR
See World War I, World War II
Example sentencesExamples
The ensuing national outrage persuaded a reluctant US public to join the second world war.
The real miracle though, is that the cathedral survived the allied bombing of the second world war.
During the second world war he served in the Royal Army Medical Corps and was mentioned in despatches.
During the second world war Gordon served in the Royal Army Medical Corps, mainly in Italy.
He joined the Royal Navy when he left school, and during the second world war he served on minesweepers.
Like the First World War, each world war destroyed what went before, the values, the way of life.
These grew out of the clinic's contribution to military officer selection in the second world war.
The second world war interrupted his studies and he was called up into the Royal Air Force as a navigator.
He spent the rest of the second world war as a medical officer in the prisoner of war camps on the notorious Burma railway.
It was not until after the second world war that relative prosperity began to return.
Well if that's the case, why are we in the middle of a power battle not seen since the second world war.
As is well known, Turing spent the second world war breaking German military codes.
He was killed in the second world war near Dunkirk when his battalion was overrun.
During the second world war he served in the navy as a ship's psychiatrist.
She was all set to become an actress when the second world war intervened.
He served in the army during the second world war and was wounded at Dunkirk.
During the second world war he served with the US military and flew with a bomber crew to study stress.
The second world war was a far more menacing conflict with far more dangerous foes.
The Green Beret has been the distinctive hallmark of Commando troops since the second world war.
It took the second world war to establish that having blood banks was a good idea.