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词汇 amtrac
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Definition of amtrac in English:

amtrac

(also amtrak)
nounˈamtrakˈæmtræk
US
  • An amphibious tracked vehicle used for landing assault troops on a shore.

    〈美〉两栖履带式车辆

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After Galvanic, all the major amphibious assaults took place with wave upon wave of amtracs leading the assault.
    • These amtracs were manned with 30 caliber machine guns and were spread around our perimeter.
    • The redesign program was intended to return the amtrak to Marine Corps standards.
    • Then the amtracs came in, crashing through the swali-covered fence near the front gate.
    • The authors also searched official archives for pictures that show the agonies of combat, and in these one often sees the very tanks and amtracs that still remain on distant invasion beaches.
    • Although some amtracs turned back, most of the force got across, whereupon the defenders faded away.
    • The Marines had to bail over the high sides of the amtracs taking heavy fire from machine guns and mortars.
    • As no amtracs were then available, the soldiers had to walk in from the reef.
    • We were lying on the hatch cover where our amtracs were stored when someone mentioned that, if we fell asleep, surely someone would wake us before they removed the hatch cover.
    • In the pocket of his jacket was the straight razor he intended using on any enemies who might try to jump in the amtrac with him.
    • Instead, the aging amtracs are negotiating mine fields of urban detritus, swimming through ruined neighborhoods six feet beneath the fetid water.
    • The vessels pitched and swayed, and it took timing and luck to drop into the amtracs cleanly.
    • The idea was that if you wanted to invade in island with people shooting at you, which I usually didn't, the Navy would drop amtracs in the water, stuffed with 37 combat-equipped infantrymen.
    • Unfortunately, there were only half enough amtracs, and no amtanks at all, and the consequences were bloody.
    • There were 2 kinds of amtracs, and we Trackers always want to be certain about the distinction between us.
    • The greatest strength of amtracs is our flexibility.
    • As a result, the Marines would have to depend on thin-skinned amphibian tractors, or amtracs, barely tested at Guadalcanal.

Origin

Second World War: blend of amphibious and tractor.

Rhymes

Amtrak

Definition of amtrac in US English:

amtrac

(also amtrak, amtrack)
nounˈæmtrækˈamtrak
US
  • An amphibious tracked vehicle used for landing assault troops on a shore.

    〈美〉两栖履带式车辆

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Marines had to bail over the high sides of the amtracs taking heavy fire from machine guns and mortars.
    • As a result, the Marines would have to depend on thin-skinned amphibian tractors, or amtracs, barely tested at Guadalcanal.
    • We were lying on the hatch cover where our amtracs were stored when someone mentioned that, if we fell asleep, surely someone would wake us before they removed the hatch cover.
    • The idea was that if you wanted to invade in island with people shooting at you, which I usually didn't, the Navy would drop amtracs in the water, stuffed with 37 combat-equipped infantrymen.
    • The authors also searched official archives for pictures that show the agonies of combat, and in these one often sees the very tanks and amtracs that still remain on distant invasion beaches.
    • Although some amtracs turned back, most of the force got across, whereupon the defenders faded away.
    • Then the amtracs came in, crashing through the swali-covered fence near the front gate.
    • Unfortunately, there were only half enough amtracs, and no amtanks at all, and the consequences were bloody.
    • The redesign program was intended to return the amtrak to Marine Corps standards.
    • There were 2 kinds of amtracs, and we Trackers always want to be certain about the distinction between us.
    • The vessels pitched and swayed, and it took timing and luck to drop into the amtracs cleanly.
    • In the pocket of his jacket was the straight razor he intended using on any enemies who might try to jump in the amtrac with him.
    • As no amtracs were then available, the soldiers had to walk in from the reef.
    • The greatest strength of amtracs is our flexibility.
    • Instead, the aging amtracs are negotiating mine fields of urban detritus, swimming through ruined neighborhoods six feet beneath the fetid water.
    • After Galvanic, all the major amphibious assaults took place with wave upon wave of amtracs leading the assault.
    • These amtracs were manned with 30 caliber machine guns and were spread around our perimeter.

Origin

Second World War: blend of amphibious and tractor.

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