英语词汇“skeleton crew”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

c. In sense 5, as skeleton battalion, skeleton company, skeleton crew, skeleton regiment, etc. Also, in wider use, applied to any staff, company, etc., of the minimum size for carrying on the work to be done; so skeleton service, a service reduced to a bare minimum.

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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [adjective] > regiment > skeleton

skeleton1778

skeletonic1880

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > employee > collectively > minimum

skeleton crew1914

society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > by vehicles regularly plying on a route > service reduced to bare minimum

skeleton service1926

1778 A. Hamilton Let. 18 June in Papers (1961) I. 500 Owing to the skeleton state of our regiments.

1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 183 With my skeleton-battalion, therefore, I proceeded to the fort.

1829 H. D. Best Personal & Lit. Mem. 177 A skeleton regiment, such is the phrase, arrived from the West Indies.

1830 F. Marryat King's Own II. xv. 239 To fill up the skeleton ranks of the different Companies.

1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry ii. 34 The Skeleton Squadron will be composed of non-commissioned officers, or privates, with their coverers representing the flanks of Divisions.

1881 Daily News 21 Jan. 5/6 The brigade depot at Chester, consisting of four skeleton companies of the 22nd Regiment.

1914 in W. S. Churchill World Crisis (1923) I. xix. 445 There is only a skeleton force of patrol vessels available on the East Coast.

1925 Strand Mag. Sept. 255/2 A skeleton staff were working nervously under the direction of a chartered accountant.

1926 Times 6 May 3/1 On the railways skeleton services were run on main and suburban lines, and more trains are promised to-day.

1928 Daily Mail 7 Aug. 2/5 The establishment of skeleton air defence formations on the northern coast.

1937 W. H. S. Smith Let. 23 Jan. in Young Man's Country (1977) ii. 53 All my officers have gone out to the mofussil..and all the clerks except 6, a mere skeleton staff to keep the work going.

1938 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Jan. 6/3 A skeleton crew of 125 men will take the ship to Scotland.

1957 P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble ii. 29 Skeleton crews whose task was to train Spaniards in the use of their weapons.

1973 ‘I. Drummond’ Jaws of Watchdog xviii. 255 A skeleton staff was still on duty, juniors, message-takers.

1976 S. Wales Echo 25 Nov. 4/2 Buses will not run in Cardiff for three consecutive days over Christmas despite a last~ditch effort to have a skeleton service on one day.

单词	skeleton crew
释义	> as lemmas skeleton crew c. In sense 5, as skeleton battalion, skeleton company, skeleton crew, skeleton regiment, etc. Also, in wider use, applied to any staff, company, etc., of the minimum size for carrying on the work to be done; so skeleton service, a service reduced to a bare minimum. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [adjective] > regiment > skeleton skeleton1778 skeletonic1880 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > employee > collectively > minimum skeleton crew1914 society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > public passenger transport > [noun] > by vehicles regularly plying on a route > service reduced to bare minimum skeleton service1926 1778 A. Hamilton Let. 18 June in Papers (1961) I. 500 Owing to the skeleton state of our regiments. 1809 A. Henry Trav. & Adventures Canada 183 With my skeleton-battalion, therefore, I proceeded to the fort. 1829 H. D. Best Personal & Lit. Mem. 177 A skeleton regiment, such is the phrase, arrived from the West Indies. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own II. xv. 239 To fill up the skeleton ranks of the different Companies. 1833 Regulations Instr. Cavalry ii. 34 The Skeleton Squadron will be composed of non-commissioned officers, or privates, with their coverers representing the flanks of Divisions. 1881 Daily News 21 Jan. 5/6 The brigade depot at Chester, consisting of four skeleton companies of the 22nd Regiment. 1914 in W. S. Churchill World Crisis (1923) I. xix. 445 There is only a skeleton force of patrol vessels available on the East Coast. 1925 Strand Mag. Sept. 255/2 A skeleton staff were working nervously under the direction of a chartered accountant. 1926 Times 6 May 3/1 On the railways skeleton services were run on main and suburban lines, and more trains are promised to-day. 1928 Daily Mail 7 Aug. 2/5 The establishment of skeleton air defence formations on the northern coast. 1937 W. H. S. Smith Let. 23 Jan. in Young Man's Country (1977) ii. 53 All my officers have gone out to the mofussil..and all the clerks except 6, a mere skeleton staff to keep the work going. 1938 Sun (Baltimore) 20 Jan. 6/3 A skeleton crew of 125 men will take the ship to Scotland. 1957 P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble ii. 29 Skeleton crews whose task was to train Spaniards in the use of their weapons. 1973 ‘I. Drummond’ Jaws of Watchdog xviii. 255 A skeleton staff was still on duty, juniors, message-takers. 1976 S. Wales Echo 25 Nov. 4/2 Buses will not run in Cardiff for three consecutive days over Christmas despite a last~ditch effort to have a skeleton service on one day. extracted from skeletonn. < as lemmas
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