| 单词 | war baby |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswar baby war baby n. (a) one born during a war, esp. an (illegitimate) child of a man on active service; (b) slang a young or inexperienced officer; (c) U.S. slang a bond or the like which is sold during a war, or which increases in value because of a war. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > bond > types of bond government securities1707 Sword-blade bond1707 long bond1720 government paper1774 indent1788 premium bond1820 active1835 preference bond1848 investment bond1853 mortgage bond1853 revenue bond1853 municipal bond1858 treasury-bond1858 sices1867 property bond1869 government1870 priority bond1884 municipal1888 income bonds1889 yearling1889 war baby1901 Liberty Bond1917 Liberty Loan1917 victory bond1917 corporate1922 performance bond1938 convertible1957 Eurobond1966 Euroconvertible1968 managed bond1972 muni1973 granny bond1976 bulldog bond1980 Euro1981 granny1981 strip1982 zero1982 society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > young or inexperienced officer youngster1608 wart1894 poodle-faker1900 war baby1901 ninety-day wonder1917 1901 E. W. B. Morrison With Guns in S. Afr. xxxiv. 239 (caption) Mrs. Jourdain's ‘war baby’. 1915 Truth 4 Aug. 181/2 There could be no objection to their marrying..were it not for the thought of the consequent war babies. 1917 ‘Contact’ Airman's Outings 35 Even these war babies (three of them died very gallantly before we re-assembled for breakfast next day) had bottled most of their exuberance. 1917 R. W. Lardner Gullible's Trav. 83 ‘You forgot somethin',’ she says, ‘You forgot them war babies.’ Did I tell you about that? Last fall I done a little dabblin' in Crucial Steel. 1935 I. Miller School Tie xv. 286 It was possible to join a Junior Training Battalion—commonly known as the War Babies' Brigade—at the age of seventeen and a half. 1948 Green Bay (Wisconsin) Press-Gaz. 13 July 4/2 The idle rich of Europe..clamored for war while they invested great amounts in American war babies and reaped superlative profits. 1974 G. Butler Coffin for Canary ix. 105 Born Belfast, 1944, so she was just a war baby. < as lemmas |
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