英语词汇agent orange的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Agent Orange. This herbicidal spray, used in Vietnam for purposes of jungle defoliation and crop destruction, has great toxicity, and many former U.S. soldiers claim to have suffered terribly because of it. Tens of thousands of tons of 2,4,5,-T, as it is called more scientifically, were used on over 5 million acres in South Vietnam during the 1960s. The term Agent Orange is first recorded in 1970 and derives from the color code stripe on the side of the herbicide’s container—to distinguish it from the toxic herbicides Agent Blue, Agent Purple, and Agent White, which had their own appropriately colored stripes.

词汇	agent orange
词源	Agent Orange. This herbicidal spray, used in Vietnam for purposes of jungle defoliation and crop destruction, has great toxicity, and many former U.S. soldiers claim to have suffered terribly because of it. Tens of thousands of tons of 2,4,5,-T, as it is called more scientifically, were used on over 5 million acres in South Vietnam during the 1960s. The term Agent Orange is first recorded in 1970 and derives from the color code stripe on the side of the herbicide’s container—to distinguish it from the toxic herbicides Agent Blue, Agent Purple, and Agent White, which had their own appropriately colored stripes.
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