单词 | dawn patrol |
释义 | > as lemmasdawn patrol dawn patrol n. (a) Military a patrol sent out at dawn; (b) Surfing an early morning surfing session. ΚΠ 1905 Jrnl. United Service Inst. India Apr. 335 Patrolling by mounted men should of course go on throughout the day, but the dusk and dawn patrols should always go out at the above hours. 1975 Surfer Feb. 56 Dawn patrol: it's about 5:30 and very, very quiet except for outside you can hear the rumble on the reef. 1994 T. Clancy Debt of Honor xiv. 240 Captain Sanchez watched the dawn patrol—a term beloved of all fighter pilots—shoot off the cats to establish an outer Combat Air Patrol. 2002 Adrenalin No. 13. 78 I was carbo-loading after a blissful dawn patrol where I had scored crisp, clean, shoulder-high waves. < as lemmas |
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