| 单词 | ninety-day wonder |
| 释义 | > as lemmasninety-day wonder ninety-day wonder n. [punningly after nine days' wonder (see nine adj. 3a)] U.S., Services' slang a graduate of a ninety-day officers' training course; an inexperienced, newly commissioned officer; also attributive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] > young or inexperienced officer youngster1608 wart1894 poodle-faker1900 war baby1901 ninety-day wonder1917 1917 R. Lord Captain Boyd's Battery, A.E.F. (1919) ii. 23 Two tents of Shavetails (i.e...Ninety-Day Wonders)..have been attached to us for instruction purposes. 1926 L. H. Nason Chevrons 136 You ninety-day wonder!.. Haven't you got brains enough to know this brook runs east and west? 1956 E. N. Rogers Queenie's Brood 307 The draft law and the ninety-day-wonder officers came in for much discussion also. 1995 William & Mary Q. 52 484 Upon completing the course, I was commissioned a ‘ninety-day wonder’ second lieutenant and assigned to the Alaskan Wing of the Ferrying Command. < as lemmas |
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