| 单词 | green-striper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgreen-striper green-striper n. Navy slang an electrical engineer officer in the Royal Navy, whose uniform originally featured a green stripe on the sleeve. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > reserve officer green-striper1948 1948 E. Partridge et al. Dict. Forces' Slang 87 Green Striper, an officer in the Special Branch of the R.N.V.R. who wears an emerald-green stripe between the gold lace on his sleeves. 1951 A. H. Cherry Yankee R.N. 417 The third was Lieut. Archie Pitt, Starling's green-striper Asdic specialist. 1995 R. C. Weyman In Love & War 30 I introduced myself to the officer in charge of the radar equipment.., a ‘green-striper’. < as lemmas |
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