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- attack repeatedly with bombs or machine-gun fire from low-flying aircraft(飞机从低空)反复扫射(或轰炸):
military aircraft strafed the village.
军用飞机对那个村子反复进行低空扫射。
- an attack from low-flying aircraft低空扫射(或轰炸)。
词源
early 20th cent.: humorous adaptation of the German First World War catchphrase Gott strafe England 'may God punish England'.