单词 | officers' mess |
释义 | > as lemmasofficers' mess officers' mess n. ΚΠ 1793 J. Farington Diary 31 Aug. (1978) I. 49 At the Inn a Table D'Hote was kept for such as chose to come but at present might properly enough be called an Officers Mess. 1832 E. C. Wines Two Years & Half in Navy II. v. 108 In all the officers' messes..an utter want of system and comfort was apparent. 1903 G. B. Shaw Man & Superman 209 It transpired that the officers' mess of our most select regiment included a flogging club presided over by the senior subaltern. 1995 Sat. Night (Toronto) June 92/3 Some embarrassing tittle-tattle I had picked up at the bar in the officers' mess. < as lemmas |
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