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.”
这个短语用来指法国东北部和比利时的地区，那里有许多士兵在第一次世界大战中阵亡和埋葬。这句话出自约翰·麦克雷的一首诗《在佛兰德斯战场》（In Flanders Fields，1915），其中有这样的诗句：“在佛兰德斯战场，罂粟花在十字架之间，一排排，那标志着我们的地方。”