| 单词 | black watch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasBlack Watch Black Watch n. [perhaps so called from the dark-coloured tartan adopted by the regiment] (formerly) the Royal Highland Regiment of the British army; (now) the 3rd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland.The Black Watch ceased to exist as a regiment in its own right in 2006. 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 1739 Ld. Lovat Let. 7 Apr. in W. Fraser Chiefs of Grant (1883) II. 380 My dear Frank..is not to stay any time in what you call the Black Watch. I think it is a right name to us, for we are represented very black to our Generall. 1822 D. Stewart Sketches Highlanders Scotl. I. iii. i. 223 The 42d Highland Regiment..was originally known by the name of..Black Watch. It arose from the colour of their dress. 1871 Princess Alice Mem. 12 Sept. (1884) 273 We did not see the 42nd Highlanders, the ‘Black Watch’, to-day. 1952 Times 22 Nov. 5/2 Eighth Army censorship to-day released details of the action by the Black Watch in defending the position known as the Hook..some 30 miles north of Seoul. 1986 Linlithgowshire Jrnl. & Gaz. 17 July 3/2 The ancient Abbey of Inchcolm was the destination of 100 members of the Black Watch Regiment and their families. 2004 Metro 5 Nov. (London ed.) 1/1 Three Black Watch soldiers were killed in a suicide bomb attack yesterday—the first casualties since they struck out for Iraq's so-called Triangle of Death. < as lemmas |
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