| 单词 | rum ration |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrum ration rum ration n. a regular fixed allowance of rum, esp. made to members of the navy. ΚΠ 1838 United Service Jrnl. Jan. 92 Yet by making the rum-ration an article of daily diet we have done worse than this, and taken the most effectual means for destroying both the mind and the body. 1881 Times 12 Feb. 10/1 They were going to stop the rum ration to the boys up to the age of 20. 1923 R. Kipling Irish Guards in Great War I. ii. 89 Their bivouacs..where a hot meal..and a rum-ration awaited them. a1985 P. White With the Jocks (2003) 40 I slung my bedroll of three blankets and my rifle and small pack in, followed by the four boxes of Compo rations, a bag of mail, a few jerrycans of water, a tin of paraffin and the rum ration and off we moved. 2012 T. Sandham World's Best Cocktails 134/1 Rum even became part of a sailor's salary in the British Navy in the form of the ‘rum ration’, a mind-bending ½ quart of rum a day. < as lemmas |
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