| 单词 | first lieutenant |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfirst lieutenant first lieutenant n. (a) a naval officer with executive responsibility for a ship or other command; (b) a military officer holding a rank above second lieutenant and below captain (now chiefly in the U.S. army or air force). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > lieutenant > first lieutenant first lieutenant1697 first luff1821 number one1909 Jimmy1916 No. 11916 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > lieutenant > first lieutenant > office of first lieutenant1697 1697 J. Cockburn Contin. Acct. Nature Distempers Seafaring People xiv. 66 Mr Noble, first Lieutenant of the same Ship, was taken ill after the same manner. 1783 London Mag. Aug. 183/2 21st reg. foot. Robert Innes, Captain of a Company; Andrew Fletcher, First Lieutenant; Gilbert Congalton, Gent. Second Lieutenant. 1784 Ann. Reg. 1782 255 Royal Oak—Mr. Gwatkin, first lieutenant, killed. 1797 Encycl. Brit. X. 36/1 Second Lieutenant in the Artillery, is the same as an ensign in an infantry regiment,..and must assist the first lieutenant in the detail of the company's duty. 1846 W. H. Richardson Jrnl. 7 Aug. (1928) 18 We met our first Lieutenant, just from the Fort. He told us to hurry and get mustered into service before the other companies should crowd in. 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby 79 I accepted a commission as first lieutenant. 1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War iii. 106 The first lieutenant and Babbington were busy with their sextants, measuring the angle subtended by the chase's masthead. 2007 J. McCourt Now Voyagers iv. 146 Freddie in my platoon you are first lieutenant. < as lemmas |
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