英语词汇burgoynade的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

burgoynade. “GentlemanJohnny”Burgoynehardlydeserved his fate. General John Burgoyne (1722–92), an accomplished dramatist as well as a soldier, commanded the British forces that came down from Canada to capture New York’s Fort Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War. It was his inten- tion to join with Howe’s army farther downstate, but due to a delay on Howe’s part, excellent American tactics, and enemy forces three times the strength of his own, he was forced to surrender after the battle of Saratoga. English Tories con- demned him for his alleged use of savage Indians, and his name in the form of burgoynade came to mean the capture of a notable person, particularly a general or high-ranking officer.

词汇	burgoynade
词源	burgoynade. “GentlemanJohnny”Burgoynehardlydeserved his fate. General John Burgoyne (1722–92), an accomplished dramatist as well as a soldier, commanded the British forces that came down from Canada to capture New York’s Fort Ticonderoga during the Revolutionary War. It was his inten- tion to join with Howe’s army farther downstate, but due to a delay on Howe’s part, excellent American tactics, and enemy forces three times the strength of his own, he was forced to surrender after the battle of Saratoga. English Tories con- demned him for his alleged use of savage Indians, and his name in the form of burgoynade came to mean the capture of a notable person, particularly a general or high-ranking officer.
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