| 单词 | general quarters |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgeneral quarters general quarters n. Navy the stationing of all hands, and the making of preparations, as if for an encounter with the enemy; also attributive (as general-quarter). ΚΠ 1829 G. Jones Sketches Naval Life I. 113 To-day, orders for ‘general quarters’ were given... General quarters comprehend all the evolutions and minutiae of a fight. 1832 E. C. Wines Two Years & Half in Navy I. 43 In the general quarter bill the surgeons are stationed in the cockpit. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 5 Mar. 9/2 On every ‘general-quarter’ day, in my last ship. 1919 W. Lang Sea-lawyer's Log vi. 61 When the bugle sounds ‘General Quarters’, the prelude to action. 1991 VFW Mag. Nov. 26/1 General Quarters had been sounded. I was trying to get to my battle station. But all I could see when I reached the top deck was smoke. < as lemmas |
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