| 单词 | gravel-crusher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgravel-crusher gravel-crusher n. slang (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > type of soldier generally > [noun] > guilty of offence defaulter1822 gravel-crusher1889 jankers1916 yardbird1941 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > foot-soldier footmanc1325 page?a1400 pieton?1473 foot soldier1587 rondache1607 peon1609 tolpatch1705 foot wobbler1785 wobbler1785 doughboy1835 fantassin1835 mud-crusher1864 web foot1866 grabby1868 infantryman1883 flat-foot1889 gravel-crusher1889 foot-slogger1894 PBI1916 mud-slogger1936 infanteer1944 leg1969 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > non-flying member of air force > drill instructor gravel-crusher1889 1889 A. Barrère & C. G. Leland Dict. Slang Gravel-crusher (military), a soldier compelled to tramp about a square at defaulter's drill. 1901 Daily News 9 Jan. 5/2 The ‘gravel-crushers’ (as the dismounted service is generically known). 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms Gravel crushers, a slang expression equivalent to doughboy or infantry soldier, and the French fiflot. 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 86 Gravel-crusher, a Drill Instructor; a P.T. Instructor. (Mostly Air Force.) < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。