倾巢出动的意思：

倾：倒出;巢：巢穴。比喻敌人出动全部兵力进行侵扰。或指全部出动(贬义)

英文解释

to turn out in full strength;

【成语出处】：南朝·梁·沈约《齐故安陆昭王碑文》：”由是倾巢举落，望德如归。”或罗广斌《红岩》第六章：“哪怕是一点最小的风吹草动，触及了蛛丝牵动了蛛网，便会立刻引起这座巨大巢穴里的蜘蛛们的倾巢出动。“

【成语释义】：整窝鸟都出来了。比喻出动全部兵力或人力。倾：倒出。巢：巢穴。

【成语例句】：1.前几天冯去疾就料到匈奴倾巢出动，后方一定空虚。

【成语提示】：倾，不能写作“顷”。

【成语用法】：作谓语;指出动全部兵力。

【褒贬解析】：属贬义成语，不能用于武警。

【反义词】：按兵不动

【英语翻译】：get out in a body

中英双语例句

此后，为了声援请愿活动，村民们会倾巢出动在公园里种植农作物，并武装保卫在公园内的活动。

After that, warned the petition, the villagers would all grow crops in the park—and defend their activities with arms.

在明尼苏达州，活动分子今天倾巢出动，全力抗议一项严禁无爱婚姻的新议案。

In Minnesota activists are out in full force today to protest a new bill that would ban marriage between people who don't love each other.

上个月，美国海军宣布，四艘携带战斧的俄亥俄级核潜艇执行任务，将首次倾巢出动，一起离开母港进行部署。

Last month, the Navy announced that all four of the Tomahawk-carrying subs were operationally deployed away from their home ports for the first time.