Vicksburg

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释义

[地名] [美国] 维克斯堡；

英英释义

n.

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

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

同义词：siege of Vicksburg

双语例句

用作名词(n.)Vicksburg was the key to the lower Mississippi.维克斯堡曾是密西西比河下游的门户。Built on a strategic location halfway between Memphis and New Orleans, Vicksburg became an important stronghold during the Civil War.内战时，维克斯堡市成为一个重要的要塞。