Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
fifth column \fifth` col"umn\, n. [from a statement during the
Spanish Civil War (1936) that the Falange had four columns of
soldiers marching on the city, and a fifth column "already
there" (i.e. sympathizers inside the Republican lines).]
1. a group of persons inside the battle lines of a territory
engaged in a conflict, who secretly sympathize with the
enemy, and who engage in espionage or sabotage; --
sometimes also referred to as a {trojan horse}.
[RP]
2. Hence, any faction of persons within a group who secretly
sympathize with an enemy, especially those who engage in
activities harmful to the group; an enemy in one's midst;
a group of traitors.
[RP]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fifth column
n 1: a subversive group that supports the enemy and engages in
espionage or sabotage; an enemy in your midst [syn: {fifth
column}, {Trojan horse}]
แสดงได้ทั้งความหมายของคำเดี่ยว และคำผสม ได้อย่างถูกต้อง
เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
