英语词汇“general of the air force”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

general of the air force n. Military (in the United States and some other countries) the highest rank of officer in the air force; (also) any officer in the air force holding the rank of general.The title is used only in wartime. It is equivalent to General of the Army in the U.S. Army, and Fleet Admiral in the U.S. Navy.

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1938 Times 5 Feb. 12/1 Seven generals of the Army and six generals of the Air Force who will retire from active service [in Germany].

1940 Times 21 June 6 Rear-Admiral Leluc, and General of the Air Force Bergeret—have acted merely as agents to receive the terms and to bring them back to their government.

1980 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 124 259/1 The MX missile system is being organized and promoted on the ground by a general of the Air Force.

2007 U.S. Federal News (Nexis) 27 June General of the Air Force Henry H. ‘Hap’ Arnold, World War II commander of the Army Air Forces and the only Airman to hold a five-star rank.

单词	general of the air force
释义	> as lemmas general of the air force general of the air force n. Military (in the United States and some other countries) the highest rank of officer in the air force; (also) any officer in the air force holding the rank of general.The title is used only in wartime. It is equivalent to General of the Army in the U.S. Army, and Fleet Admiral in the U.S. Navy. ΚΠ 1938 Times 5 Feb. 12/1 Seven generals of the Army and six generals of the Air Force who will retire from active service [in Germany]. 1940 Times 21 June 6 Rear-Admiral Leluc, and General of the Air Force Bergeret—have acted merely as agents to receive the terms and to bring them back to their government. 1980 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 124 259/1 The MX missile system is being organized and promoted on the ground by a general of the Air Force. 2007 U.S. Federal News (Nexis) 27 June General of the Air Force Henry H. ‘Hap’ Arnold, World War II commander of the Army Air Forces and the only Airman to hold a five-star rank. extracted from generaladj.n. < as lemmas
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