| 单词 | hostilities, -y only |
| 释义 | > as lemmashostilities, -y only c. hostilities, -y only: used in the Navy to describe a seaman enlisted only for the duration of a war, or such an enlistment. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [adjective] > sailor for duration of war hostilities, -y only1942 1917 ‘Taffrail’ Off Shore 81 Even in our small ships we carry some of the ‘hostility men’.] 1942 E. Partridge Dict. Abbrev. 48/2 H.O., Hostilities only; applied to a man that has joined for the duration of the war. (Naval.) 1946 J. Irving Royal Navalese 7 Once again the ‘Hostility Only’ man took his silent stand beside the slender handful of us professional seamen. 1948 Hansard Commons 17 Mar. 2083 Recruiting on a hostilities only engagement was not open in the branch of their choice in the Royal Navy and Royal Marines. 1961 B. Fergusson Watery Maze i. 55 H.O. (‘Hostilities Only’) ratings—men who had joined the Royal Navy for the duration of the war. 1973 Times 31 Jan. 16/7 He enrolled in the Royal Navy as a ‘hostilities only’ rating. < as lemmas |
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