| 单词 | pfc |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPFC PFC n. (also Pfc) U.S. (chiefly Military slang) poor foolish (or forlorn, etc.) civilian. ΚΠ 1947 Amer. Speech 22 112 References to rates and ranks are numerous. One variously caricatures P.F.C. (‘private first class’) as ‘poor foolish civilian’... A double P.F.C., however, is a corporal, since he has two chevrons on his sleeve. 1955 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 24 Aug. 18/1 Pfc's with PhD's teach generals and others the fundamentals of atomic weapons. 1963 T. Pynchon V. i. 13 ‘I would like to sing you a little song.’ ‘To celebrate your becoming a PFC’ said Ploy... ‘Pore Forlorn Civilian, We're goin to miss you so.’ PFC PFC n. (also Pfc) U.S. Military Private First Class. ΚΠ 1941 Amer. Speech 16 167/2 PFC, Private 1st Class. 1977 ‘E. McBain’ Long Time no See xii. 198 ‘A man named James Harris, served with the Army.’.. ‘Rank?’ ‘Pfc.’ 2003 Times (Nexis) 3 Apr. 3 PFC Lynch, 19, a supply clerk with the US Army's 507th Maintenance Company, was plucked from her bed in the Saddam Hospital in al-Nasiriyah. < as lemmas |
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