释义 |
wait-a-minute vine; wait-a-minute bush noun a heavy, thorny vine found in the jungles of Vietnam US If snagged by such a vine, one must “wait a minute” to disentangle oneself.- It had been “prepped,” prepared by bombardment, an hour before by Navy jets, so there was no tangled vegetation, no “wait-a-minute” vines to hack through with a dull machete[.] — Charles Anderson, The Grunts, p. 42, 1976
- It was the wait-a-minute vines that grab you, tangles you as you move in the jungle. — Wallace Terry, Bloods, p. 44, 1984
- They’d endured leeches and jungle rot, constant, heavy rains and clammy clothes that chilled them in their sleep, and the “wait-a-minute” bushes that could hold a trooper as tenaciously as a strand of barbed wire. — David Hackworth and Julie Sherman, About Face, p. 527, 1989
- The ridge was nearly vertical and covered with large ferns, wait-a-minute vines, and huge, gnarled tree roots snaking out in all directions. — Gary Linderer, The Eyes of the Eagle, p. 59, 1991
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