| 单词 | field dinner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield dinner field dinner n. (a) a meal eaten in the fields; a picnic (now rare); (b) Military a meal eaten by a soldier engaged in combat or military manoeuvres. ΚΠ 1842 W. Howitt Rural & Domest. Life Germany ii. 30 These boys had nothing to drink, and said they were accustomed to have nothing to drink to their field dinners, not even water. 1862 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia III. xii. x. 307 That the King's frugal field-dinner was shot away, from its camp-table near Pampitz (as Fuchs has heard), is evidently mythical. 1905 Donahoe's Mag. July 28/2 A joyous meal is that field dinner when—the boys and girls seated on the grass in a circle, in shadowy hollow—the cans are opened, and the cloths spread. 2003 T. Willard Sword of Valor (2004) 144 A high-protein field dinner, each unit consisted of a main course, a portable heating element.., and other condiments. < as lemmas |
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