单词 | roster |
释义 | rostern. 1. Military. A list or plan showing the order of rotation of duties and service of individual soldiers or troops. Also (esp. U.S.): a simple list or register of soldiers, divisions of a regiment, etc., with various particulars relating to them. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > [noun] > other lists roster1727 sick-list1748 size-roll1757 army list1763 retired list1797 succession1805 blacklist1825 active list1827 1727 H. Bland Treat. Mil. Discipline xix. 207 As each Nation had a different Number of Battalions in Flanders, their Duty was regulated by a Roster. 1767 T. Simes Mil. Medley 10 The Serjeant-Major to keep a Roster and Roll of Duties. 1793 Laws of Mass. c. 1 §32 Whenever a detachment is made, the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates, being able of body, shall be detailed from the rosters or rolls for the purpose. 1824 Duke of Wellington Suppl. Dispatches (1867) II. 332 The officers throughout the service..perform the duty by what is called in the army a Roster, which is not kept by the commanding officer, but in the orderly room. 1857 W. Napier Life & Opinions Sir C. J. Napier I. 377 It was in strict accordance with the customs of the service, namely, to place some captains on to the field officers' rolster. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 201/1 All ranks of the navy are placed on a roster by which they successively serve in ships in full commission. 1938 Foreign Service Feb. 12/1 The Austrian Intelligence Service had very evidently secured a roster of our regiment and in every case in which a suspect had been questioned it was found that he had been carefully coached as to the identity of the American he was supposed to be. 1987 Jrnl. Econ. Lit. 25 1357/1 Since the 1950s increasing sophistication of weapons of war and the logistical problems posed by weapons systems support have led to substantial changes in the military jobs roster. 2001 Navy News Sept. 48/2 In Old Speak—all rosters are dry. Therefore, if you complete your task book and get yourself qualified, you have an excellent chance of early promotion. 2. gen. A list or plan showing the names of individuals or groups in any organization, frequently including the rotation of their duties; (also) the set of individuals or groups on such a list. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > list > [noun] > list of names or people > for duties roster1786 bill1830 rota1844 1786 G. Sharp Short Sketch Regulations Grain Coast Afr. 48 A town clerk, or recorder of the hundred, who shall keep an exact register of all the appropriations of land in his division, the rosters of service, both civil and military. 1803 in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. (1896) 6 Some of the gentlemen not having attended..according to their turn on the roaster, I do hereby order that any gentleman who is not ready to go on his duty shall be fined one week's pay. 1822 Countess of Blessington Magic Lantern 11 No man..should last more than two seasons, unless he would..keep a regular roaster [read roster] of his invitations, with a mark to each name, to prevent people from meeting at his house twice in a season. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Roster, a list showing the turn or rotation of service or duty, as in the case of police-magistrates..and others, who relieve or succeed each other. 1881 Art Interchange (N.Y.) 27 Oct. 89 On the feminine side of the [opera] company's roster there is more cause for apprehension. 1892 Nation 29 Dec. 493/1 The author's roster of the diplomatic body stationed at Berlin in 1837. 1930 New Statesman 3 May p. iii/1 One particular point is worth noting as to the names in this amazing roster of public enemies. 1967 W. W. Newcomb Rock Art of Texas Indians iv. 38/1 The roster of game animals which could figure prominently in human subsistence is not large. 2000 Daily Tel. 22 June 26/1 Seldom in its diverse virgin roster has the old oaken hall received so remarkable a first visit as the recital that is billed for tomorrow night. 3. spec. a. North American Sport (originally U.S.). The set of players available for selection to play for a team over a season or (occasionally) for a particular game; a list of these players. ΚΠ 1889 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 28 Feb. 2/2 The roster of players is practically the same as that of last season. 1934 Atlanta Daily World 19 Apr. 5/4 The White Sox have assembled a strong roster. 1953 Jet 12 Nov. 55 Big noise so far in the after-season is your promotion of two Negro players..from the Kansas City Blues' to the Yankee roster. 1993 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 25 Jan. e5/3 Each team must carry at least 20 ‘non-imports’, or Canadians, on a 37-man game-day roster. 2000 R. Lazenby Mad Game vi. 227 There was no real backup on the roster who could give the team solid perimeter defense on the nights Kobe struggled. b. Originally U.S. Originally: the group of actors contracted to a particular film studio (now chiefly historical). Later chiefly: the set of recording artists signed to a particular record label. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > actors or characters > [noun] > group of actors roster1922 society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > [noun] > recording artist > group of roster1989 1922 Los Angeles Times 26 Nov. iii. 35/8 The latest addition to the all-star roster of Warner Brothers studio is Harry Myers. 1943 Billboard 6 Feb. 65/1 Victor has Lena Horne safely under binders and is prepared to add still another canary to its bulging roster. 1955 N.Y. Times 9 Jan. x. 5/4 Forsythe will be on Paramount's roster for some time. 1972 G. Cukor in Film Comment Spring 53/2 Louie B. Mayer..and Irving Thalberg collected a great roster of players at MGM. 1989 Elle June 82/2 Jive Records, whose eclectic roster includes rappers like D. J. Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince. 2003 J. Dawson & S. Propes 45 RPM vi. 37 It was an important label in the jazz and R&B fields, with a combined roster that included bebop tenor saxists Charlie Parker and Dexter Gordon. Compounds C1. a. General attributive. ΚΠ 1819 Def. Lt. Col. Gardner Burbank 41 The Roster officer has no means of knowing that any vacancy has occurred. 1856 Times 9 Apr. 6/3 Almost immediately after joining the Royal Engineers that officer was taken off roster duty. 1911 Stevens Indicator 28 372 His department has been separated from mathematics. His roster time has been increased. 1977 Navy News Aug. 22 (advt.) Service includes normal roster sea-time in Leander and Type 12 frigates and small ships. 1998 Community Care 20 Aug. 33/1 (advt.) Weekend working is required on a roster basis. b. attributive. North American. Sport. Of or relating to a team's roster of players (see sense 3a). ΚΠ 1910 Anaconda (Montana) Standard 9 Jan. The major leagues have wisely adopted a sensible roster limit. 1935 Atlanta Constit. 10 Mar. (Sports section) 2/5 One finds..five Class A pitchers being billed for roster spots. 1991 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune 15 May c5/2 The Sox have made three roster changes. 2008 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 13 Aug. b2/1 Indianapolis hoped to wait until the two roster cutdowns before making a decision. C2. roster board n. ΚΠ 1887 Newport (Rhode Island) Mercury 26 Nov. 1/3 Among the donations to the society..was a roster board of the ‘Aquidneck Engine Co., No. 3’, from C. L. Stanhope. 1963 J. Lusby in B. James Austral. Short Stories 233 Thwaites..walked to the roster-board. 2001 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 14 Sept. s10 Floral tributes near the roster board pay respect to six missing firefighters at a Manhattan firehouse. roster sheet n. ΚΠ 1894 Daily Gaz. (Janesville, Wisconsin) 5 Nov. 2/5 Mr. Kimball is able to answer all queries that may be put to him by the roster sheet or any one who wishes to interview him. 1937 Amer. Sociol. Rev. 2 238 Roster sheet, including ‘raw statistics’ from registration card. 1977 R. Ludlum Chancellor Manuscript xvii. 184 He kept mementoes... Photographs, roster sheets. 2009 Home Hill (Austral.) Observer (Nexis) 26 Mar. 10 The association would appreciate parental help on the day and all parents are asked to put their name on the canteen roster sheet at the clubhouse. roster system n. ΚΠ 1841 C. W. Pasley Rules for conducting Pract. Operations of Siege (ed. 2) I. x. 58 The roster system in garrisons, if only used occasionally, does good, by destroying a prejudice, which young soldiers are apt to entertain, that they ought only to be commanded by their own regimental officers. 1989 West Australian (Perth) 13 May 70/2 (advt.) Salary is based on the AJA ‘C Grade’ Journalist Award for a 38½ hour week worked on a roster system. C3. roster game n. any of the games on a regular roster or list of fixtures. ΚΠ 1977 Weekly Times (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 71/2 Feature of the roster games in the Kentish Cricket Association was the 6–15, including the hat-trick, by Railton's David Castles against Kimberley. 2009 Hobart (Austral.) Mercury (Nexis) 27 June 77 The SFL can field a team of 24..to compensate for the SFL scheduling a full round of roster games the day before the representative game. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022). rosterv. transitive. To place (someone or something) on a roster, esp. a duty roster. Occasionally with on. Chiefly in passive. ΘΚΠ society > communication > record > list > [verb (transitive)] > enter in list > enter name or person in list > for duties roster1922 1778 A. Kellet Pocket of Prose & Verse 138 He..gets appointed a lieutenant in an independent company of invalids, and is roster'd to perform, for life, the moping rotation of Sheerness, Upnor, and Tibury. 1881 Admin. Rep. Madras Police 1880 28 In former days the Maravers residing in notorious villages were regularly rostered by the village authorities and their movements thereby checked. 1922 Glasgow Herald 26 Jan. 8 The men can be rostered up to nine hours, with overtime paid after eight hours. 1962 Mod. Railways May 350/1 The day Birmingham–Glasgow trains in each direction are now rostered for Type 4 diesel haulage. 2004 Independent 25 Aug. 1/2 Yesterday, even BA's generous allowance was insufficient: out of the 180 terminal staff rostered for the morning shift, 20 failed to show up. Derivatives ˈrostering n. ΚΠ 1881 Admin. Rep. Madras Police 1880 28 Maravars residing in notorious villages were regularly rostered by the village authorities... If ‘rostering’ means the detention of suspects at night in the village choultry, the legislation of the day is not likely to sanction the practice. 1923 Manch. Guardian 29 Nov. 16/2 The previous award does not give authority for the ‘rostering’ of the men up to nine hours a day. 2008 Western Daily Press (Nexis) 8 Dec. 17 The flexible rostering of staff to suit individual needs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727v.1778 |
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