| 单词 | colour guard |
| 释义 | > as lemmascolour guard colour guard n. a guard of soldiers given the duty of carrying and protecting the regimental colours; (now U.S.) spec. one in an infantry regiment consisting of a number of non-commissioned officers. ΚΠ 1705 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Gentleman's Dict. ii. at Colours Colour-guard. 1761 Ess. Art War 305 A Guide..whom the Captain of the Guides has taken Care, at the beating of the General, to place at the Colour-Guard of the Regiment. 1862 N.-Y. Tribune 20 Sept. 5/3 Half their officers were killed or wounded, their colors shot to pieces, the Color Sergeant killed, every one of the color-guard wounded. 1961 J. K. Galbraith Jrnl. 6 Nov. in Ambassador's Jrnl. (1969) xii. 246 There was a small color guard and a handful of Indian students with bouquets. 2006 Monterey (Calif.) County Herald (Nexis) 1 July Enough troops turned out in camouflage battle dress uniforms to form a color guard, but no units marched in review. < as lemmas |
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