| 单词 | balloon corps |
| 释义 | > as lemmasballoon corps balloon corps n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > group or unit on operation > [noun] > balloonists flying squadron1785 balloon corps1859 balloon squadron1880 1859 Harper's Mag. Sept. 562/1 In 1794 the French organized a balloon corps to ascend and observe the distribution of the enemy. 1924 Times 4 Jan. 12/5 In 1884..a balloon corps with three balloons went out with Sir Charles Warren's Bechuanaland Expedition. 2006 Booklist (Nexis) 15 Dec. 15 [Thaddeus] Lowe is best known for organizing the Civil War Army of the Potomac's Balloon Corps, though it was disbanded because of..bureaucratic infighting, and, to some extent, the technological immaturity of balloons. < as lemmas |
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