A.T.S.n.

Etymology: Initialism < Auxiliary Territorial Service.

The Auxiliary Territorial Service for women (1938–48). Cf. auxiliary adj. 1b.Often with pronunciation

/ats/, whence the colloquial singular form At, AT, A.T., a member of the A.T.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > special reserves or Territorial Army > women's

Auxiliary Territorial Service1938

A.T.S.1939

1939 War Illustr. 18 Nov. p. iii/1 Wartime Abbreviations..A.T.S.—Auxiliary Territorial Service.

1940 New Statesman 13 Apr. 486 It looks as though, while democratising the army, we are aristocratising the A.T.S.

1941 New Statesman 6 Dec. 469 You would not become an adventuress In the ranks of adventurous A.T.S., Where brave girls cook for the Sergeants' Mess And the batwoman busily bats.

1942 Ann. Reg. 1941 90 The Wrens, the Waafs, and the Ats... The two former had no difficulty in filling their ranks from volunteers. The Ats, however,..were not so popular.

1944 Lancet 15 Apr. 516/1 The ATS with one accord Say ‘Ma'am’ when they address her, And though this is an ugly sound It does not much distress her.

1944 Lancet 15 Apr. 517/1 (heading) Rehabilitation for ATS.

1958 J. Betjeman Coll. Poems 94 As beefy ATS Without their hats Come shooting through the bridge.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

A.T.S. n. animal tub-sized (see animal n. Compounds 2).

ΚΠ

?1912 Printing Papers (Spalding & Hodge) ii. 1 Animal Tub-sized, or A.T.S., is a term employed to denote the more costly method of passing the manufactured sheet through a bath or ‘tub’ of animal size.

2005 R. J. Prytherch Harrod's Librarians' Gloss. & Ref. Bk. (ed. 10) 703 Tub-sized paper (abbreviated ‘T.S.’) is strong and has a high resistance to moisture. Also called ‘Animal Tub-Sized’ (abbreviated ‘A.T.S.’).

单词	ats
释义	A.T.S.n. Etymology: Initialism < Auxiliary Territorial Service. The Auxiliary Territorial Service for women (1938–48). Cf. auxiliary adj. 1b.Often with pronunciation /ats/, whence the colloquial singular form At, AT, A.T., a member of the A.T.S. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > special reserves or Territorial Army > women's Auxiliary Territorial Service1938 A.T.S.1939 1939 War Illustr. 18 Nov. p. iii/1 Wartime Abbreviations..A.T.S.—Auxiliary Territorial Service. 1940 New Statesman 13 Apr. 486 It looks as though, while democratising the army, we are aristocratising the A.T.S. 1941 New Statesman 6 Dec. 469 You would not become an adventuress In the ranks of adventurous A.T.S., Where brave girls cook for the Sergeants' Mess And the batwoman busily bats. 1942 Ann. Reg. 1941 90 The Wrens, the Waafs, and the Ats... The two former had no difficulty in filling their ranks from volunteers. The Ats, however,..were not so popular. 1944 Lancet 15 Apr. 516/1 The ATS with one accord Say ‘Ma'am’ when they address her, And though this is an ugly sound It does not much distress her. 1944 Lancet 15 Apr. 517/1 (heading) Rehabilitation for ATS. 1958 J. Betjeman Coll. Poems 94 As beefy ATS Without their hats Come shooting through the bridge. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019). > as lemmas A.T.S. A.T.S. n. animal tub-sized (see animal n. Compounds 2). ΚΠ ?1912 Printing Papers (Spalding & Hodge) ii. 1 Animal Tub-sized, or A.T.S., is a term employed to denote the more costly method of passing the manufactured sheet through a bath or ‘tub’ of animal size. 2005 R. J. Prytherch Harrod's Librarians' Gloss. & Ref. Bk. (ed. 10) 703 Tub-sized paper (abbreviated ‘T.S.’) is strong and has a high resistance to moisture. Also called ‘Animal Tub-Sized’ (abbreviated ‘A.T.S.’). extracted from An. < n.1939 as lemmas
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