Vicksburg

Vicksburg读音音标

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基本意思释义

[地名] [美国] 维克斯堡

短语及实用例句

Vicksburg was the key to the lower Mississippi.

维克斯堡曾是密西西比河下游的门户.

英英释义

Noun

1. a town in western Mississippi on bluffs above the Mississippi River west of Jackson; focus of an important campaign during the American Civil War as the Union fought to control the Mississippi River and so to cut the Confederacy into two halves

2. a decisive battle in the American Civil War (1863); after being besieged for nearly seven weeks the Confederates surrendered