| 单词 | python scheme |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspython scheme A scheme operating at the end of the Second World War (1939–45) under which members of the British armed forces were entitled to a period of repatriation after a long term of overseas service; a period of repatriation or home leave taken under this scheme. Also attributive as python leave, python scheme. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > [noun] > leave of absence > for armed forces > specific Python1945 1945 Punch 22 Aug. 166/1 They are all either due for Python or their Age and Service Groups, and the last few days we have suffered from a constant round of farewell parties. 1945 L. Durrell Let. 15 Dec. in Spirit of Place (1969) 82 I took down a pomegranate..and tried to send it to her with a friend on python. 1969 A. G. Thomas in L. Durrell Spirit of Place 82 Under Python leave any soldier who had been in the Middle East for more than four years was granted one month at home with his family and then three months in some unit in Britain. 1976 R. Lewin Slim xv. 252 Python, the scheme for repatriation of men who had served a minimum of three years and four months in the Far East. 2005 Birmingham Evening Mail (Nexis) 5 Mar. (Features section) 31 Having served five years in the FarEast I came under the Python scheme and should not have been sent there until I'd had six months at home! < as lemmas |
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