英语词汇“mad minute”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

mad minute n. Army slang a minute of rapid rifle-fire or frenzied bayonet-practice.

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society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > weapon-training > bayonet practice

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1916 J. N. Hall Kitchener's Mob 28 We were skilled soldiers of the proud and illustrious order known as 'England's Mad-Minute men'.

1931 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 (ed. 3) 331 Mad Minute, a newspaper phrase for our men's rapid fire during the Retreat from Mons... During the War the name was applied to the frenzied minute charging down the assault course, bayoneting..dummies representing the enemy.

1945 C. H. B. Pridham Superiority of Fire vi. 57 By 1914, many men in each regiment could exceed even twenty rounds in the ‘mad minute’.

1964 C. Falls in S. Nowell-Smith Edwardian Eng. xiv. 537 Reservists and young soldiers alike could shoot steadily and accurately at a relatively slow rate for long periods, or in emergency fire what they called their ‘mad minute’.

1971 Newsweek 11 Jan. 31 A ‘mad minute’—one minute of small-arms firing around the entire perimeter of the base in case enemy troops had infiltrated the area.

2004 E. T. Wise Eleven Bravo 57 During a mad minute everyone on the LZ opens up with whatever weapon he is using and fires into the woodline outside the perimeter, as fast as he can load and reload.

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释义	> as lemmas mad minute mad minute n. Army slang a minute of rapid rifle-fire or frenzied bayonet-practice. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > [noun] > weapon-training > bayonet practice mad minute1916 1916 J. N. Hall Kitchener's Mob 28 We were skilled soldiers of the proud and illustrious order known as 'England's Mad-Minute men'. 1931 J. Brophy & E. Partridge Songs & Slang Brit. Soldier: 1914–1918 (ed. 3) 331 Mad Minute, a newspaper phrase for our men's rapid fire during the Retreat from Mons... During the War the name was applied to the frenzied minute charging down the assault course, bayoneting..dummies representing the enemy. 1945 C. H. B. Pridham Superiority of Fire vi. 57 By 1914, many men in each regiment could exceed even twenty rounds in the ‘mad minute’. 1964 C. Falls in S. Nowell-Smith Edwardian Eng. xiv. 537 Reservists and young soldiers alike could shoot steadily and accurately at a relatively slow rate for long periods, or in emergency fire what they called their ‘mad minute’. 1971 Newsweek 11 Jan. 31 A ‘mad minute’—one minute of small-arms firing around the entire perimeter of the base in case enemy troops had infiltrated the area. 2004 E. T. Wise Eleven Bravo 57 During a mad minute everyone on the LZ opens up with whatever weapon he is using and fires into the woodline outside the perimeter, as fast as he can load and reload. extracted from madadj. < as lemmas
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