World War II

短语

第二次世界大战

发音

US /ˌwɜː(ɹ)ld ˌwɔː(ɹ)ˈtuː/

别名

World War 2 World War Two WW2 WWII

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    The war from 1939 to 1945 of the Allied forces, including the United Kingdom, the Soviet Union, the United States, France, and China, against the Axis Powers, including Germany, Italy, and Japan.

    第二次世界大战

    二战

    历史

词源

From world war + two. The term was used for a hypothetical future war as early as 1819. It was first applied to the war in 1939-45 in an article in Time, dated September 11, 1939.

来源：wiktionary