| 单词 | va |
| 释义 | > as lemmasVA VA n. U.S. Veterans' Administration. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > veterans' etc., administration or organization American Legion1919 British Legion1919 Toc H1920 U.S.O.1941 VA1945 1945 Newsweek 16 Apr. 40/2 Last week..unfavourable publicity hit the VA. 1976 N. Thornburg Cutter & Bone xii. 275 He spent a long time with the shrinks in VA hospitals. V.A. V.A. n. Vicar-Apostolic. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > clerical superior > bishop > kinds of bishop > [noun] > representing papal authority vicar apostolic1766 V.A.1787 vicar apostolical1849 1787 in J. Milner Suppl. Mem. Eng. Catholics (1820) 48 The ecclesiastical government by V.V.A. is by no means essential to our religion. 1820 J. Milner Suppl. Mem. Eng. Catholics 252 The Prelate who did publish the Resolutions was the Western V.A. V.A. V.A. n. Vice-Admiral. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > flag officer > admiral > subordinate admirals vice-admiral1520 rear admiral1589 under-admiral16.. Rear Admiral of England1684 Rear Admiral of Great Britain1707 port admiral1785 V.A.1794 1794 R. F. Greville Diary 23 Aug. (1930) 300 We near'd the Minotaur, on which V.A. McBride took that Opportunity of hoisting out His barge. 1915 W. S. Churchill 23 Jan. in M. Gilbert Winston S. Churchill (1972) III. Compan. i. 444 In the absence of Adl Carden, Adl de Robeck will have a temporary rank of V.A. V.A. V.A. n. visual acuity. ΘΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > types of vision > [noun] > clear- or sharp-sightedness quicknessa1398 clearness1535 eagle eye1567 perspicacity1606 quicksightedness1625 piercingnessa1628 sharpsightedness1647 edgea1682 clear-sightednessa1691 acuity1866 visual acuity1889 V.A.1932 stereo-acuity1942 1932 Optician LXXXIII. 398/2 No effect on the peripheral V.A. of one half of an eye was noted when the other half was illuminated. 1982 M. Urvoy et al. in J. François & M. Maione Paediatric Ophthalmol. 399/2 For a subjective measurement of V.A., we have four groups of tests. < as lemmas |
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