单词 | waaf |
释义 | WAAFn. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939–48, subsequently reorganized as part of the Women's Royal Air Force); a member of this. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > air force > [noun] > branches of air arm1913 W.R.A.F1918 Fleet Air Arm1923 Bomber Command1939 WAAF1939 Coastal Command1940 Air Training Corps1941 Fighter Command1941 WASP1943 society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > woman W.R.A.F1918 WAAF1939 1939 Daily Tel. 18 Dec. 12/4 (advt.) Women between the ages of 18 and 43 are required immediately for enrolment in the W.A.A.F. 1942 J. Pudney Dispersal Point 11 Weather at base closes down for the night: And the ash-blonde Waaf is waiting tea. 1948 W. Fortescue Beauty for Ashes xxvii. 209 W.A.A.F.s and airmen climbed into a private auto-bus. 1956 R. Macaulay Towers of Trebizond xv. 179 Now the women who go with armies are..called Ats and Wrens and Waafs and Wracs. 1969 G. MacBeth War Quartet 42 I had chosen a WAAF, Needing her flesh and heat. 1982 J. Aiken Whisper in Night 25 They wouldn't allow W.A.A.F. girls to fly. 1984 Sunday Tel. 16 Sept. 10/3 The contribution by the WAAF to the anti-aircraft defence of this country lay in manning..many of the balloons of Balloon Command. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1939 |
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