单词 | recce |
释义 | reccen. colloquial (originally Military slang). = reconnaissance n.; a survey of this kind. Cf. recco n., recon n.1Recorded earliest in attributive use.photo-recce: see the first element. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [noun] > reconnaissance scouringc1471 scry1523 discovery?1574 reconnaissance1779 reconnoitre1781 reconnoissance1802 outwatch1852 exploitation1871 recco1917 recon1918 photoreconnaissance1920 recce1941 photo-recce1946 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > [noun] surveyancec1386 surveying1467 survey1548 view1569 reviewing1573 review1604 traverse1658 retrospection1661 surveyala1677 reconnaissance1815 reconnoissance1824 look-see1876 look-over1883 reconnoitre1891 poke round1901 traversal1903 recce1941 tour d'horizon1952 1941 Illustr. London News 198 802 (caption) A motor-cycle ‘reccy’ unit (special reconnaissance troops of armoured force). 1958 G. Usher Death in Bag vi. 56 I did a bit of a recce. 1968 Listener 19 Dec. 812/1 In a side-street we stopped. ‘I'll just do a bit of a recce,’ the Fiddler said. 1977 ‘E. Crispin’ Glimpses of Moon xii. 235 He had had it off all right, thanks..to making careful reccys. 1994 Guardian 14 June (Time Off) 12/1 On the second day of my recce this year, I estimated that..about 9.15 would be a good time to arrive. 2002 H. Holt Leonora (2003) xvi. 181 I was just—well—testing out the ground, doing a recce. Compounds General attributive. ΚΠ 1941‘Reccy’ unit [see main sense]. 1942 E. Waugh Put out More Flags 151 The C.O. has just gone forward with his recce group to make his recce. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse iv. 71 My lads became truly proficient in practical recce-work. 1961 W. Vaughan-Thomas Anzio iii. 45 No recce plane tried a quick dash to capture a tell-tale photograph. 1979 A. Hailey Overload (new ed.) i. xvii. 102 I sometimes think about two guys in Korea, close buddies of mine. We were on a recce patrol near the Yalu river. a1985 P. White With the Jocks (2003) 160 Our part was..to work south with the divisional axis bordering the Maas, the Recce Regt to the right of us down to the river. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). reccev. colloquial (originally Military slang). transitive. To reconnoitre (a place, position, etc.); to survey, inspect, or explore. Also intransitive. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (intransitive)] > reconnoitre akenc1400 scurry1580 reknowledge1582 reconnoitre1777 observe1799 spot1892 recce1943 shufti1943 recon1966 society > armed hostility > military operations > [verb (transitive)] > reconnoitre (a place) reknowledge1582 reacknowledge1622 scout1704 reconnoitre1716 reconnaitre1765 observe1799 recce1943 recon1966 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (intransitive)] > land, etc. scout1644 pickeer1646 perlustrate1691 recce1943 the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > inspection, survey > inspect, survey [verb (transitive)] > a place, etc. perambulate1450 perlustrate1535 view1539 explorate?1549 explore1577 perlustrea1600 reacknowledge1622 canvass1652 reconnoitre1712 recce1943 1943 J. H. Fullarton Troop Target xxiv. 175 We're even reccying alternative positions twenty miles back to withdraw to. 1945 E. Waugh Brideshead Revisited 299 I'm going out myself with the adjutant to recce training areas. 1959 ‘J. Christopher’ Scent of White Poppies x. 156 These two recce'd up here, and found them gone. 1968 Listener 11 July 40/3 He was..recce-ing the new tourist ‘firsts’ like the Canadian North-West Passage. 1972 Shooting Times & Country Mag. 4 Mar. 21/2 They come over to recce the food situation in the more populated areas. 1997 Navy News July 1/3 They recce'd and blew up their target—a bridge—and successfully completed a 20km escape and evasion through dense jungle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1941v.1943 |
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