标题: Russia's Stated Fear of NATO Attack [打印本页] 作者: choi 时间: 1-26-2022 08:41 标题: Russia's Stated Fear of NATO Attack Jill Dougherty, The West Fears Russia Is About to Attack Ukraine. But That's Not the Way Russians Are Seeing It on TV. CNN, Jan 25, 2022 https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/e ... cmd-intl/index.html
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(a) "Foreign forces bristling with weapons are rolling toward the Ukrainian border."
(i) bristle (vi only): "2 (bristle with) be covered with or abundant in <the roof bristled with antennas> https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/bristle
(ii) bristle
"3a: to be full of or covered with especially something suggestive of bristles <roofs bristled with chimneys>
b: to be full of something specified <book bristles with detail and irony — WJ Broad>" https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bristle
(b) Oxford online dictionary says about etymology of the word fake: "late 18th century (originally slang): origin uncertain." https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/fake
(c) I do not know why Russia wants to invade Ukraine this time, having annexed Crimea.