battlefront
battlefront — noun
1. the area of a war where two armies meet and fight each other directly, often for
the area of a war where two armies meet and fight each other directly, often forming a long line that stretches across land.
Sergeant Reyes spent six months on the eastern battlefront before being sent home.
preposition: on the battlefront
Fresh troops were rushed to the battlefront after heavy losses overnight.
passive + 'to the battlefront' as destination
The battlefront stretched for nearly two hundred miles along the river.
Reporters at the battlefront described thick smoke and the constant sound of gunfire.
Heavy rain made it almost impossible to move supplies up to the battlefront.
- front line
very common everyday equivalent; can also be figurative ('front-line workers')
- front
shorter, often with a name attached: 'the Western Front'
- combat zone
any area where fighting happens, not necessarily a continuous line
- rear
the area behind the fighting where supplies and command are based
- home front
civilians and activity inside one's own country during wartime
文法句型
on the battlefront
at the battlefront
用法筆記
Subject or location is usually a unit, soldier, journalist, or supplies. Often appears with directional prepositions (to/from/along/across the battlefront) because the front is conceived as a line stretching through space.