| 单词 | green beret |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreen Beret Green Beret n. a member of one of the special operations forces having a green beret as part of their uniform, esp. those in the British Army (the Commandos) and later the United States Army Special Forces.The green beret was adopted by the British Commandos in 1942 and later, unofficially, by the U.S. Army Special Forces, becoming part of their official uniform in 1961. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier of specific force or unit > [noun] spahi1562 legionnaire1595 strelitz1603 Croat1623 deli1667 Croatian1700 lancer1712 highlander1725 lambs1744 royals1762 light-bob1778 fly-slicer1785 Life Guardsman1785 royals?1795 Hottentot1796 yeoman1798 pandour1800 Faugh-a-Ballaghsc1811 forty-two man1816 kilty1842 Zouave1848 bumblerc1850 Inniskilliner1853 blue cap1857 turco1860 Zou-Zou1860 mudlark1878 king's man1883 Johnny1888 Piffer1892 evzone1897 horse gunner1897 dink1906 army ranger1910 grognard1912 Jock1914 chocolate soldier1915 Cook's tourist1915 dinkum1916 Anzaca1918 choc1917 ranger1942 Chindit1943 Desert Rat1944 Green Beret1949 1943 Times 6 May 3/1 (advt.) The green berets of the Special Service Brigade are now a familiar and heartening sight at home and abroad.] 1949 H. St. G. Saunders (title) The Green Beret. The story of the Commandos. 1955 Mountaineer (Fort Carson, Colorado) 2 Dec. Twelve of the green beret Special Forces troops will jump in the next test scheduled today. 1964 C. B. Colby Special Forces 18 In the top photo a ‘Green Beret’ takes to the air over the cornice of a hotel. 1970 A. Sinclair Guevara iii. 40 Che['s]..manual..even serves as a text-book for the Green Berets and other North American counterinsurgency special forces. 1970 Sunday Times 22 Nov. 23/6 Southampton [football team], as notorious as the Green Berets for their policy of search and destroy. 2002 Esquire Aug. 111/1 They went to the school the Green Berets attended in Fort Bragg to learn advanced high-altitude, low-opening techniques. < as lemmas |
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