| 单词 | q company |
| 释义 | > as lemmasQ Company 5. U.S. Military slang. Used collectively to denote soldiers who have been disgraced or punished, or the place in which they are imprisoned, esp. the guardhouse (see quot. 1930). Usually in Q Company (also Company Q), Q Battery, etc. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > military > guardroom or punishment cell black hole1727 wardroom1853 Q1883 1883 Harper's Mag. Sept. 644/2 Said an inquirer: ‘Mrs. Mulgarven, Jim seems to be forging ahead; what is his rank now?’ He was in fact a Company ‘Q’ man—negroes and the guard-house. a1908 S. E. Chamberlain My Confession (1996) 115/1 Corp. Cory came and confined me in the Guard House... Thus were all my dreams of ambition and glory vanished in the snug quarters of Co. ‘Q’. a1908 S. E. Chamberlain My Confession (1996) 115/2 Again I was quartered in company Q. 1918 G. E. Griffin Ballads of Regiment 69 He'll soon be down in Comp'ny ‘Q’ and sleep nights in a cell. 1930 Our Army Mar. 28/1 Q-Battery, ‘Q’ is the artillery pet name for the guardhouse, for there is of course no battery with that letter in any regiment. 2001 J. D. Wright Lang. Civil War 68 Company Q, 1. The Confederate Army's name for soldiers on the sick list. Healthy soldiers often suspected Company Q of harboring malingers. 2. A detachment of disgraced officers of the 150th Pennsylvania Regiment. < as lemmas |
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