| 单词 | coast-watcher |
| 释义 | > as lemmascoast-watcher coast-watcher n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > one who sees > [noun] > watcher of other specific things waitera1425 mooncalfa1627 sightman1794 skywatcher1889 horse-watcher1894 coast-watcher1916 spotter1944 leaf peeper1965 leaf freak1974 1916 War Illustr. 4 604/2 They don't call us coastguards, mind you, but Coast Watchers. 1928 Daily Express 23 Mar. 1/3 The small force of coast-watchers who have taken the place of the old coastguards. 1955 Sun (Baltimore) 19 May (Edition B) 8/1 The area [in Guadalcanal] is so inaccessible and inhospitable, that when Australian ‘coast watchers’ used it as a hideout for spotting and reporting Japanese movements to the Americans, even the Japanese left the island agents alone. < as lemmas |
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