foxhole

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The burrow in the ground where a fox lives.
2. isim A small pit dug into the ground as a shelter for protection against enemy fire.

   “The statement made during the Second World War that “there are no atheists in foxholes” is absurd. Foxholes teem with atheists—who, to be sure, frequently infringe the Third Commandment in their desperation.”

3. fiil To dig a military foxhole into, or convert into a foxhole by digging.

   “Trogh and Charlie have started foxholing one corner of our tent, and I helped them a little.”

4. fiil To drive into a military foxhole.

   “[…] the vet recalled with terrible anguish a scene where he and his friend had been foxholed several dozen yards apart, with a small group of enemy soldiers (Viet Cong) coming toward them over the crest of a hill.”