| 单词 | lower deck rating |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslower deck rating lower deck rating n. British Navy a non-commissioned naval rank; an officer holding such a rank. ΚΠ 1876 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 16 Aug. 2/2 Of what use is it promoting men from the lower-deck ratings and making them officers if..they are to be treated as if they still held their lower-deck ratings? 1877 Hampshire Tel. & Sussex Chron. 11 Apr. 3/7 The great discontent expressed and felt by the lower deck ratings of the Naval Service. 1955 Times 28 Dec. 11/3 Receiving early advancement through the lower deck ratings, he became a warrant officer. a2005 R. Hounsome Very Nearly Man (2006) xiii. 176 An erstwhile lower deck rating whose mother wasn't even married. < as lemmas |
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