| 词汇 | guerrilla |
| 词源 | guerrilla. Guerrilla means a “little war” in Spanish, the word first becoming popular when Napoleon Bonaparte invaded Spain in 1808. The Spanish peasants took up arms and Napole- on, used to fighting trained armies, couldn’t cope with these small units of men that seemed to be everywhere and yet could rarely be found. The Spanish peasants, with English help, even- tually expelled Napoleon, and ever since then guerrilla army has meant small bands of men fighting in unconventional ways. |
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