英和和英

名詞

atomic winter (複数形 atomic winters)

1. (uncommon) Nuclear winter.
   • 1957, Bruce Hutchison, Canada: Tomorrow's Giant‎^[1], page 85:

     Let it explode, it is the only safe explosion left, now that man has invented the ingredients of eternal atomic winter.

   • 1990, US Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Global Spread of Chemical and Biological Weapons, Hearings‎^[2], page 555:

     • December 1956. elements of the IV Corps (10th [Guards] Infantry Division) and II Corps (2nd かつ 27th Infantry Divisions) participated in an atomic winter maneuver.

   • 2002, Jean-Pierre Boulé, HIV Stories: The Archaeology of AIDS Writing in France, 1985-1988‎^[3], →ISBN, page 129:

     ...the military phantasy is fine-tuned into a nuclear war followed by an atomic winter...