| 释义 |
guardo U.S.|ˈgɑːdəʊ|
[Arbitrarily f. guardship + -o, simulating Sp. words.]
A receiving-ship for enlisted men who are to be drafted to sea-going vessels. Chiefly attrib. and Comb.
1834W. N. Glascock Naval Sketch-bk. 2nd Ser. I. 232 Why, bless ye, some o' your guardo-chaps come over you now with the pride o' their pratin' schoolmaster. a1846J. A. Gardner Recoll. (1906) 116 A droll old guardo midshipman. 1850H. Melville White Jacket II. xxvi. 168 Familiarity with the guardo-moves..of a frigate. 1909Cent. Dict. Suppl., Guardo-move, a trick played upon a landsman on a receiving-ship. |