单词 | blue shirt |
释义 | > as lemmasblue shirt blue shirt n. a person who wears a blue shirt, esp. (frequently with capital initials) as a sign of allegiance to or membership of a particular group, team, political party, etc.Cf. sense A. 5b, and Blackshirt n., Brownshirt n., redshirt n., etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > attachment to party > one attached to party > member of party known by colour blue1753 yellow1755 blue shirt1933 greenshirt1941 1855 R. Carboni Eureka Stockade 31 It is his policy ever to keep friendly, with red-coats and gold-lace, at one and the same time as with blueshirts. 1864 L. M. Alcott Moods v. 82 The blue shirts did their best against competitors who had rowed in many crafts and many waters. 1933 W. B. Yeats Let. 13 July in New Statesman (1965) 19 Mar. 441/2 Our chosen colour is blue and Blueshirts are marching about all over the country. 1937 E. Snow Red Star over China i. 30 Over 300 Communists were imprisoned..and the Blueshirts were hunting for more. 1938 Ann. Reg. 1937 274 He also demanded that the Blueshirts, a sort of private army of the Wafd, should be dissolved. 1965 C. D. Eby Siege of Alcázar (1966) ii. 48 Vela argued that if fighting broke out, the Blue Shirts would be useful to the Alcázar. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 23 Mar. 29/4 The Society of Chinese Revolutionary Comrades, one of the many components of Chiang's notorious Blue Shirts. < as lemmas |
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