| 单词 | rover patrol |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrover patrol f. British. During the Second World War (1939–45): an airborne reconnaissance patrol. Also more fully rover patrol. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > travel > air or space travel > [noun] > a flight through air or space > for reconnaissance milk train1853 patrol1917 rover1942 1942 R.A.F. Jrnl. 3 Oct. 18 ‘Strike’ and ‘rover’ patrols were on the board every day. 1957 R. Barker Ship-busters ii. 35 The Rover was a roving commission, an armed reconnaissance against enemy shipping..carried out by a small number of aircraft working independently. 1995 C. J. M. Goulter Forgotten Offensive (2005) viii. 254 Daylight shipping movement was almost nil, only three of the 12 ‘Rover’ sweeps finding any targets. 2009 K. Alexander Jack Davenport x. 102 On 12 May 1943,..Jack, flying AE 384, led an evening rover to the Norwegian coast. < as lemmas |
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