| 单词 | fourth arm |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfourth arm fourth arm n. (see arm n.3 1). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > air force > [noun] maritime power1711 fourth arm1901 arm1908 air force1911 RFC1913 R.A.F.1918 Royal Air Force1918 U.S.A.A.F.1943 U.S.A.F.1947 1901 Scotsman 15 Apr. It is somewhat remarkable that England, the only great nation to adopt mounted infantry as a kind of fourth arm, should have been the one to try conclusions with a race of mounted infantry. 1910 N.Y. Times 28 Aug. c2/6 Something like a sham battle between aeroplanes will then..be seen. Everybody is discussing the possession by the French of the ‘fourth arm for war’, the others being infantry, artillery, and cavalry. 1914 Engineering 4 Sept. 312/2 Aircraft in Warfare: the Dawn of the Fourth Arm. By F. W. Lanchester. 1940 Ann. Reg. 1939 62 This was the first occasion on which the Civil Defence Forces had been recognized as a Fourth Arm. < as lemmas |
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