| 单词 | whippet tank |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhippet tank b. transferred. Military. The Medium Mark A ‘tank’, a light kind of ‘tank’ used in the war of 1914–18. Also called chaser. Usually attributive as whippet tank. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > military vehicles > [noun] > armed or armoured > tank > types of whippet1918 cruiser tank1940 Valentine1941 General Sherman (tank)1942 Valentine tank1943 buffalo1944 flail tank1944 1918 Times 15 Aug. 7/6 The..capture of Morlancourt, where light Tanks or whippets were used. 1918 E. S. Farrow Dict. Mil. Terms 664 Whippet tank, an English armored car equipped with caterpillar treads. 1920 J. F. C. Fuller Tanks in Great War 176 March 26 [1918] is an interesting date in the history of the Tank Corps, for, on the afternoon of this day, the Whippet Tanks made their debut. 1938 G. Greene in Spectator 22 July 139/2 Whippet tanks—camouflaged as in war. 1946 New Yorker 9 Mar. 83/1 Solid city blocks of whippet and giant tanks. < as lemmas |
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