词汇 | mia |
词源 | MIA. This abbreviation for “missing in action” didn’t origi- nate during the Vietnam War, as many believe. The initials were used in military parlance at least during the Korean con- flict and probably further back, though they did pass into gen- eral use in the Vietnam era. |
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