| 单词 | tour of duty |
| 释义 | > as lemmastour of duty 1. One's turn or order (to do something). Also, a spell of work or duty; a shift: see turn n.; frequently in tour of duty. Now mainly Military and (with pronunciation /taʊə(r)/) in Oil Industry. †by tour, by tours, by turns (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > [noun] > recurrence > turn charec1000 lotc1175 throwc1275 tourc1320 wheel1422 turnc1425 tourney1523 course1530 vice1637 rubbera1643 rote1831 whet1849 journey1884 society > occupation and work > work > times or periods of work > [noun] > spell of work or duty trick1669 time1696 stem1778 turn1793 tour of duty1800 spell1804 shift1809 steek1889 go-in1890 steek1895 stag1931 wink1937 1292 Britton iv. ii Si soen tourn soit a cele foiz de presenter ou noun.] c1320 Cast. Love 1334 He was a-bated of his tour [Fr. Il est de son torn abatuz]. 1546 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1877) 1st Ser. I. 57 To cum and remane at the assege of the Castell.., ilk quarter in his tour. 1640 Sc. Acts Chas. I (1817) V. 311/1 If any of these whose toure fallis to be present shalbe absent. 1781 in T. Simes Mil. Guide (ed. 3) 9 That..each [may] march in their tour. 1800 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Dispatches (1858) I. 464 This tour of duty to commence at morning parade on halting days. 1868 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army ⁋837 When an Officer is in the performance of a duty, and his tour for another duty occurs, he is not to make good that other duty, but his tour is to pass him. 1887 Harper's Mag. June 129/2 The ‘machine-tenders’..work in ‘tours’ or ‘shifts’ twelve hours each. 1903 Dial. Notes 2 345 The morning tour lasts from midnight until noon. 1939 D. Hager Fund. Petroleum Industry ix. 212 These men work in shifts or ‘tours’ (pronounced towers) of 6 or 8 hrs. 1946 R.A.F. Jrnl. May 153 The existing Editor having performed his tour of duty and taken up other duties in the Service. 1975 L. Crook Oil Terms 60 The Driller is responsible for his crew and the running of the rig during his eight or twelve hour ‘tour’. 1981 ‘J. Ross’ Dark Blue & Dangerous xxvii. 158 He's too soft, and..I don't know how he did the rest of his tour of duty without showing it on his face. < as lemmas |
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