Hanoi Hilton

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词形变化

the Hanoi Hilton

释义与例句

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    Hỏa Lò Prison in Vietnam, where prisoners of war were held and tortured.

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词源

From Hanoi + Hilton. An alliterative construction, pairing the location Hanoi (metonymically referring to North Vietnam) with a word referring to lodgings. An ironic reference to the Hilton chain of luxury hotels.

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