| 单词 | red beret |
| 释义 | > as lemmasRed Beret Red Beret n. (also with lower-case initials) Military a member of any of various elite divisions having a red beret as part of their uniform, esp. the Parachute Regiment of the British Army; frequently attributive; cf. Green Beret n. at green adj. and n.1 Compounds 1d(a). ΚΠ 1947 Times 8 Nov. 3/1 [He] spoke of the ‘fellowship of the Red Beret’.] 1953 Los Angeles Times 14 May i. 8/4 French army headquarters announced today that ‘Red Beret’ paratroopers have wiped out a company of Viet-Minh Communist troops. 1966 Times 9 Apr. 6/2 One of the parachute drops in South Wales may also prove to be an amphibious operation, as..with an unfavourable wind there might be many Red Berets in the sea. 1978 ‘R. Lewis’ Uncertain Sound ii. 31 He..had graduated to the Parachute Regiment..and between 1960 and 1968..had held the rank of sergeant in the Red Berets. 2006 Maclean's 6 Mar. 9/4 He was being protected by ‘red beret’ security forces put together by Slobodan Milosevic. < as lemmas |
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