| 单词 | quiet number |
| 释义 | > as lemmasquiet number quiet number n. Nautical slang an easy job or assignment; cf. number n. 6c. ΚΠ 1928 G. Campbell My Myst. Ships xii. 226 It may appear that the men in the boats had a fairly ‘quiet’ number, after they had merely run the risk of being torpedoed. 1977 Navy News July 18 (caption) ‘Got a nice quiet number for you after the Review,’ he says... ‘Just scoop up any odd little bit of gash,’ he says. 2003 J. Gritten Full Circle vi. 94 A clean and comparatively quiet number since it was one-man watch-keeping and the only place where I saw the watchkeeper invariably with a paperback. < as lemmas |
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