| 单词 | land army |
| 释义 | > as lemmasland army land army n. (a) (see Compounds 2a); (b) a corps of women established in 1917 for work on the land in wartime (in full Women's Land Army); also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > [noun] > British army > Women's Land Army Women's Land Army1917 W.L.A.1939 1659 J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. 217 Admiral and General in the Fleet of the Sea, and Land Army. 1917 Times 4 Aug. 5/4 The work of appealing for the Women's Land Army will be carried on by the Board of Agriculture. 1918 Times 6 Feb. 3/5 The conditions under which the land army women are recruited have recently been changed. 1940 Punch 19 June 660/1 As soon as you join the Land Army you will find..that you are in the thick of a whole lot of live stock. 1943 K. Tennant Ride on Stranger xxv. 275 I could always sack you, George,..and get some of these land army girls. 1974 Country Life 26 Sept. 829/1 One looks..at a model wearing Land Army uniform, or stoops..to peer into an Anderson shelter. < as lemmas |
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