Seabeesn.

/ˈsiːbiːz/

Forms: Also with lower-case initial.

Etymology: < representation of initial letters of construction battalion + plural -s.

With plural agreement. (Members of) the Construction Battalions formed as a volunteer branch of the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > engineers

ginour?1265

pioneer corps1775

Royal Engineers1787

RE1838

REME1942

Seabees1942

1942 Army & Navy Jrnl. (U.S.) 21 Mar. 790/2 ‘Seabees’ is the new name chosen to designate the new Naval Construction Regiments... With the name an insignia has been adopted—a flying bee, fighting mad. On its head it sports a sailor hat. In its fore hand or leg it clutches a spitting ‘Tommy Gun’; in its amidship hand, a wrench, and in its aft hand, a carpenter's hammer.

1945 D. Dempsey in Best One-act Plays 1944 21 I'm in the Seabees, which means I'm in the Navy.

1950 ‘D. Divine’ King of Fassarai xi. 90 ‘The Seabees are starting in here—’ he placed his pencil on the chart.

1960 S. W. Roskill War at Sea III. i. 339 The ‘Seabees’ also proved themselves first-class fighting troops when the need arose.

1980 G. V. Higgins Kennedy for Def. xix. 174 Some cops were in the Seabees, lotta cops was in the Army.

Compounds

attributive or as adj. (Sometimes in singular form.)

ΚΠ

1942 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Nov. 13/3 Brief ceremonies attended by naval officers marked the placing in operation of the third ‘seabees’ center constructed in Virginia.

1977 Hongkong Standard 12 Apr. 8/4 Of the 1,400 navy men here, more than 800 are seabee construction workers who will leave when the facility is completed.

1981 G. V. Higgins Rat on Fire v. 35 You were running that Seabees reunion.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	seabees
释义	Seabeesn. /ˈsiːbiːz/ Forms: Also with lower-case initial. Etymology: < representation of initial letters of construction battalion + plural -s. With plural agreement. (Members of) the Construction Battalions formed as a volunteer branch of the Civil Engineer Corps of the U.S. Navy. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > branch of army > [noun] > engineers ginour?1265 pioneer corps1775 Royal Engineers1787 RE1838 REME1942 Seabees1942 1942 Army & Navy Jrnl. (U.S.) 21 Mar. 790/2 ‘Seabees’ is the new name chosen to designate the new Naval Construction Regiments... With the name an insignia has been adopted—a flying bee, fighting mad. On its head it sports a sailor hat. In its fore hand or leg it clutches a spitting ‘Tommy Gun’; in its amidship hand, a wrench, and in its aft hand, a carpenter's hammer. 1945 D. Dempsey in Best One-act Plays 1944 21 I'm in the Seabees, which means I'm in the Navy. 1950 ‘D. Divine’ King of Fassarai xi. 90 ‘The Seabees are starting in here—’ he placed his pencil on the chart. 1960 S. W. Roskill War at Sea III. i. 339 The ‘Seabees’ also proved themselves first-class fighting troops when the need arose. 1980 G. V. Higgins Kennedy for Def. xix. 174 Some cops were in the Seabees, lotta cops was in the Army. Compounds attributive or as adj. (Sometimes in singular form.) ΚΠ 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 17 Nov. 13/3 Brief ceremonies attended by naval officers marked the placing in operation of the third ‘seabees’ center constructed in Virginia. 1977 Hongkong Standard 12 Apr. 8/4 Of the 1,400 navy men here, more than 800 are seabee construction workers who will leave when the facility is completed. 1981 G. V. Higgins Rat on Fire v. 35 You were running that Seabees reunion. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < n.1942
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