| 单词 | green jacket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasGreen Jacket Green Jacket n. (a) a member of any of various former or current regiments and other divisions of the British Army who originally wore dark green uniforms, esp. the King's Royal Rifle Corps or the Rifle Brigade; chiefly in plural; also occasionally attributive; (b) Golf (with lower-case initials) a green sports coat awarded to the winner of the U.S. Masters Tournament.A green jacket has been awarded to each winner of the Masters since 1949; such jackets have been worn by members of the Augusta National Golf Club, where the tournament is held, since 1937. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1824 in Sir. H. Smith Autobiogr. (1901) I. 3 ‘Well, I will make you a Rifleman, a green jacket,’ says the General. 1927 Observer 1 May 19 The Duke [of Connaught] loves the Green Jackets best of all in spite of his other military associations. 1951 Chicago Sunday Tribune 1 Apr. ii. 5/5 Only Horton Smith and Byron Nelson have had the honor of twice wearing the green jacket donned by each year's winner. 1972 Country Life 2 Mar. 511/2 The whereabouts of the service and campaign medals presented to this ‘Greenjacket family’ are eagerly sought. 1990 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army xix. 228 Some regiments even seem to produce a physical stereotype—willowy cavalry officers with flopping hair, slim Green Jackets with saturnine good looks. 2002 J. Nicklaus & J. Tickell Golf & Life (2003) iii. 17 It was the sixth time I had won the green jacket. < as lemmas |
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