| 单词 | blue on blue |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue on blue P12. Military (originally and chiefly British) blue on blue [with allusion to the use of the colour blue to represent a country or coalition's own military forces in maps, models, or war-gaming exercises] : (a) n. an accidental clash between elements of an army's own forces or with those of its allies; friendly fire; (b) adj. designating such a conflict; of, belonging to, or in alliance with one's own forces; cf. friendly adj. 2f. ΚΠ 1982 S. Woodward Diary 6 June in S. Woodward & P. Robinson One Hundred Days (1992) xvii. 317 The essentially bureaucratic peacetime mind will, for the sake of avoiding a single Blue-on-Blue, cause Blue-on-Red..to cease. 1986 Times 3 Dec. 2/2 The shoot-out between two units of 45 Commando, Royal Marines, which is being highlighted, is a classic example of a ‘blue on blue’. 1991 A. Beevor Inside Brit. Army (rev. ed.) xv. 222 During the battle 4th Armoured Brigade suffered one of the war's worst disasters from ‘friendly fire’ (what British officers call a ‘blue-on-blue’ since own and friendly forces are marked in blue on maps). 1999 Airforces Monthly Oct. 60/3 Medium-range fighter attacks rely on effective radar surveillance..and on tight rules of engagement to organise the battle, overcome the fog of war and prevent blue-on-blue accidents. 2010 Daily Record (Glasgow) (Nexis) 8 Dec. 2 The Ministry of Defence said Jack's death was the 11th suspected ‘blue-on-blue’ death since operations began in Afghanistan. < as lemmas |
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