| 释义 |
post2 /pōst/ noun- An appointment
- Office, position or job
- A fixed place or station, esp a place to which a soldier or body of soldiers is assigned for duty
- A body of soldiers so stationed
- (generally) one's place of duty, one's station
- Full rank as naval captain (see post captain below)
- A settlement or trading establishment, esp in a remote area
- A bugle-call (first or last post) summoning soldiers to their quarters at night, or (last post) blown at funerals
transitive verb- To station somewhere on duty
- To transfer (personnel, a military unit) to a new location
- To appoint to a post
- To send or appoint (to a ship) as full captain
ORIGIN: Ital posto, from L positum, from ponere to place postˈing noun post captain noun Formerly, a full captain in command of, or having commanded, a ship of more than twenty guns (a post ship), distinguished from a commander (called a captain by courtesy) post exchange see PX postˈholder noun The holder of a position or job |