| 单词 | field station |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield station field station n. (a) Military a post, camp, or garrison located in an outlying area or an area where a military campaign is under way; (later also) a temporary medical station providing first aid to those wounded on the battlefield; (b) a research station located in the field. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > places for the sick or injured > [noun] > hospital or infirmary > military or field hospital field station1610 field hospital1690 military hospital1747 general hospital1775 ambulance1800 station hospital1827 base hospital1864 clearing-hospital1914 clearing-station1915 MASH1950 society > armed hostility > military organization > logistics > quartering > [noun] > quarters > at some distance from headquarters field station1610 out-quarter1645 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 789 Some of them had their field-stations within the Barbarian ground, for defence of the lands. 1790 Calcutta Chron. 28 Jan. On the 11th instant Colonel John White arrived at Futta Ghur, when the command of the troops at that field station was delivered over to him. 1834 P. J. Begbie Malayan Penins. iv. 162 Malacca is a field station, and..her troops are supposed to march in any direction at an hour's notice. 1868 R. S. Williamson On Use of Barometer on Surv. & Reconnaissances ii. 83 The relative heights of the field stations would be independent of any small error in the one so used. 1877 T. Longmore Gunshot Injuries ix. i. 459 Each field station is..placed closely in rear of the regimental combatants, and is provided only with the most limited personnel and amount of surgical matériel. 1910 Sci. Amer. Suppl. 10 Sept. 163/1 Subsidiary to these there are six important field stations..where salmon eggs are collected and hatched. 1988 Times of India 20 Jan. 8/5 The so-called peace stations have become field stations because of the army's frequent deployment for internal security duties. 1992 M. S. Reynolds Hemingway: Homecoming (1999) iii. 34 An Italian priest anointed him at the field station as he lay on his stretcher, seriously wounded. 2007 K. Hochstetler & M. E. Keck Greening Brazil iv. 156 The Institute for Research on the Amazon (INPA) in Manaus, with field stations throughout the region, was set up..in 1952. < as lemmas |
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