| 单词 | post exchange |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspost exchange post exchange n. U.S. Military a shop at a military post where goods and services are available to military personnel and authorized civilians; abbreviated PX. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shop at military post commissary1846 post exchange1892 PX1918 1892 Ann. Rep. Secretary of War (U.S.) I. 57 In February last, upon the ground that the term ‘canteen’ possibly conveyed to the public mind a meaning which, though foreign to the main purpose of the institution, has been for years associated in other armies with a place of conviviality and dissipation, the Secretary of War decided to change the name of such establishments to that of ‘post exchange’. 1919 Lit. Digest 22 Nov. 70/2 The Y.W.C.A. hostess house has been turned into a post exchange. 1999 O. Broumas Poems i. 227 Wives of American military and diplomatic personnel abroad who are entitled to shop at Post Exchange (PX) stores stocked with American goods. < as lemmas |
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