| 单词 | temporary gent |
| 释义 | > as lemmastemporary gent(leman) d. Designating one who is commissioned for the duration of a war (esp. that of 1914–18), as temporary captain, temporary officer, etc. Also temporary gent(leman) (in colloquial or pejorative Services' use); abbreviated T.G. n. at T n. Initialisms 1a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [adjective] > other attributes gallant1875 technical1915 temporary1918 war-substantivea1944 1918 J. M. Barrie Echoes of War 68 Socially he had fallen..; even..in his uniform the hasty might say something clever about ‘temporary gentlemen’. 1925 W. Deeping Sorrell & Son ii. 21 ‘My name is Sorrell, Captain Sorrell.’ ‘You will have to drop the ‘captain’. Temporary, I suppose?’ 1938 S. Beckett Murphy x. 234 He withheld his hand, the little temporary gent and pure in heart. 1958 S. Raven in H. Thomas Establishment 72 Temporary Captain C.C. had been in the very first intake at Sandhurst. 1976 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 5 Feb. 20/3 The lower-middle-class officer..who in the First World War would have been called a ‘temporary gentleman’. 1983 T. Pocock 1945 v. 151 There were two officers' messes—‘A’ and ‘B’; the former primarily for staff officers..the latter, mostly made up of temporary officers. < as lemmas |
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