| 单词 | bef |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBEF BEF n. (also B.E.F.) British Expeditionary Force.ⓘThe British Expeditionary Force was the title given to the forces of the British army dispatched from Great Britain to fight in France and Belgium at the beginning of the First World War (1914–18) and the Second World War (1939–45). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > named companies, regiments, etc. > [noun] > British Ulsters1649 Scots Guardsa1675 fusilier1680 guards1682 Scots Dragoons1689 Scots Fusiliers1689 Inniskilling1715 Scots Greys1728 blue1737 Black Watch1739 Oxford blues1766 green linnets1793 Grenadiers1800 slashers1802 the Buffs1806 tartan1817 Gay Gordons1823 cheesemongers1824 Green Jacket1824 The Bays1837 RHA1837 dirty half-hundred1841 die-hard1844 lifeguard1849 cherry-picker1865 lancer-regiment1868 cheeses1877 Territorial Regiment1877 the Sweeps1879 dirty shirts1887 Scottish Rifles1888 shiner1891 Yorkshire1898 imperials1899 Irish guards1902 Hampshires1904 BEF1914 Old Contemptibles1915 contemptibles1917 Tank Corps1917 the Tins1918 skins1928 pioneer corps1939 red devils1943 Blues and Royals1968 U.D.R.1969 1914 D. Haig Diary 6 Aug. in War Diaries & Lett. 1914–18 (2005) 54 Personally, I trembled at the reckless way Sir J. French spoke about ‘the advantages’ of the BEF operating from Antwerp against the powerful and still intact German Army. 1917 W. Owen Let. 9 Jan. (1967) 425 Please send the compass: 2 Manchester Regt. B.E.F. 1939 War Illustr. 7 Oct. 110/1 The men of the new B.E.F. have gone to the front with smiling faces. 2007 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Feb. 62/1 Gort withdrew the BEF from Arras..pulling the rug out from under Weygand's perhaps already stillborn plan. < as lemmas |
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