Flanders fields
noun /ˌflɑːndəz ˈfiːldz/
/ˌflændərz ˈfiːldz/
[plural]- a phrase used to refer to the areas of north-east France and Belgium where many soldiers died and were buried in the First World War. The phrase comes from a poem, In Flanders Fields (1915) by John McCrae, which contains the lines:
“In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row,That mark our place.”法兰德斯地区:这是一词,用于指代法国和比利时东北部许多士兵丧生并被埋葬于第一次世界大战的地区。该短语来自约翰·麦克莱(John McCrae)的一首诗,《法兰德斯之田》(In Flanders Fields,1915年),其中包括: