英语词汇devil dogs的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	devil dogs
词源	devil dogs. The Germans in World War I called the U.S. Ma- rines of the 4th Brigade Teufelhunden, or devil dogs, because they were such fierce fighters. The name stuck as a nickname for marines. So did the Marine slogan Retreat, hell!, a shorten- ing of the reply Marine captain Lloyd Williams gave a French- man when asked to fall back at the Battle of Belleau Wood: Retreat, hell! We just got here!
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