词汇 | hundred years’ war |
词源 | Hundred Years’ War; Hundred Hours’ War. The first was a series of wars between England and France over claims to the French Crown beginning in 1337 and ending in 1453, a little more than a century. Hundred Hours War is a humorous name for the Gulf War of January and February in 1991 against Iraq. It took just about 100 hours for the U.S. and U.N. allies to win and force the withdrawal of Iraqui troops from Kuwait. |
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