| 单词 | recognition signal |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrecognition signal recognition signal n. Military a prearranged signal used by vessels, etc., for mutual identification. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > signals > [noun] > signal to identify units or troops recognition signal1863 recognition marking1889 recognition colour1891 identification panel1918 1863 R. Townsend Let. 26 Oct. in Official Rec. Union & Confederate Navies War of Rebellion (U.S. Naval War Rec. Office) 1st ser. XXV. 519 I have the honor to submit herewith a copy of a letter of instructions in regard to recognition signals at night, addressed by me to the commanding officers of vessels attached to the First Division of the Mississippi Squadron. 1915 Let. in Times 16 Jan. 4/2 The submarines had mistaken our ship for their own supply ship, the red lights evidently being their recognition signals. 1978 R. V. Jones Most Secret War v. 48 You have to shoot your opponent out of the ocean..if he does not make the right recognition signal. a1985 P. White With the Jocks (2003) 76 I fixed the firing of a ‘red over green’ verey light as a recognition signal if any doubt arose as to our identity on the return. 2003 J. E. Fender Audacity iii. 25 He was gambling that..he [sc. the Lark's commander] would consider the cat's failure to respond with the secret recognition signal..to be dictated by a sufficiently high-ranking officer who [etc.]. < as lemmas |
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