| 单词 | other rank |
| 释义 | > as lemmasother rank other rank n. Military (a) (in plural) all those who are not commissioned officers; also in extended use; (b) (as a count noun, usually in plural) a non-commissioned officer or ordinary soldier, seaman, etc. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > common soldier > [noun] soldiera1300 sergeantc1300 private soldier1566 common soldier1569 private man1651 man1690 (private) centinel1710 single sentinel1721 private1775 single soldier1816 troop1832 ranksman1845 dog soldier1852 ranker1890 other rank1904 mucko1917 squaddie1933 craftsman1942 peon1957 grunt1969 troopie1972 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > common soldier > [noun] > collectively commonitya1550 rank1731 rank and file1756 other rank1904 1904 Regs. for Mobilization: Provisional (Great Brit.: Army) i. 12 Units which do not exist as such in peace are completed in officers by special appointments, and as regards other ranks by reservists, attachments from other corps, and transfers from existing units. 1926 F. M. Ford Man could stand Up ii. ii. 106 There were all these inscrutable beings; the Other Ranks, a brownish mass, spreading underground, like clay strata in the gravel. 1931 T. E. Lawrence Let. 20 Aug. (1938) 733 A book written by an ‘other rank’ would not mention the officers. 1960 A. Waugh Foxglove Saga vi. 107 The other ranks of the Pigs were mostly recruited from the criminal and the stupid. 1989 P. Fussell Wartime vii. 95 In North Africa a German spy dressed in British uniform had succeeded in deceiving a British unit because he spoke impeccable Other Ranks English. 1994 Espirit de Corps (Ottawa) Aug. 36/2 The persistence with which he carried out his duties against any odds was vital in saving the lives of one officer and three other ranks. < as lemmas |
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