shock troopn.

Brit.

/ˈʃɒk ˌtruːp/, U.S.

/ˈʃɑk ˌtrup/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: shock n.³, troop n.

Etymology: < shock n.³ + troop n., after French troupe de choc (1862 in an English linguistic context, or earlier) and subsequently also German Stosstrupp (end of the 19th cent., itself after French).

1. In plural.

a. Troops specially trained and equipped for carrying out sudden assaults, esp. against enemy strongholds. Cf. assault troops at assault n. Compounds 1, storm troop n. 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for attack > against strong position or numbers

shock troops1887

storm troops1916

1887 tr. Let. in Times of India 1 June 4/5 The new idea was only carried out timidly, the chain being still the principal fighting force and the shock troops regarded only as accessory.

1916 Times 10 July 8/3 He received..some of the finest shock troops of France, including the Moroccans and the famous Colonial Corps.

1928 Dict. Amer. Biogr. I. 382/2 A master of strategy usually stays behind the lines. Not so Bishop Asbury. He asked no more of his skirmishers and shock troops than he was himself prepared to undergo.

1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid ii. 48 At the Scaean gate, panoplied Juno Heads the shock-troops.

1973 R. L. Fox Alexander the Great iv. 78 The Shield Bearers..served as shock troops on night raids, hill climbs and forced marches.

2010 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 June 12 The Parachute Regiment and, indeed, the Royal Marine Commandos are superb aggressive first-in shock troops, as we saw in the Falklands.

b. figurative and in extended use, esp. the driving force of an activity or movement; a group leading a vigorous challenge or defence; = storm troop n. 1b.

ΚΠ

1918 Music Supervisors' Jrnl. 4 22 Our feelings are..the shock troops; our [printed out] intellects must follow them with the solid business of winning and establishing permanently the positions which they open.

1931 A. H. Dallas tr. E. Seeberg in Relig. World 400 The Society of Jesus..was organized with such..efficiency that it became the ‘spear head’ or ‘shock troops’ of the Papacy.

1940 War Illustr. 12 Apr. 353 Those who man the submarines may well be called the ‘shock troops’ of the sea, for of all the seafaring men their task is surely the most arduous and the most dangerous.

1968 Economist 16 Nov. 67/1 The National Union of Mineworkers' leaders voted to accept exactly the same percentage pay rise for their men, once the shocktroops of the wage struggle.

1990 Newsweek 12 Mar. 20/1 ACT UP.., the gay community's shock troops in the war against AIDS.

2007 Independent 16 Jan. 29/5 These criticisms will be regarded as irrelevant by the shock troops of climate catastrophists.

2. In singular. A detachment of such troops. Also figurative and in extended use.

ΚΠ

1917 Times 18 July 6/2 A shock troop of a Hannoverian regiment..penetrated into the French lines.

1928 Stud. Philol. 25 422 We may think of it [sc. a poetic conceit] as the shock-troop which Donne used in his revolt against Petrarchianism.

1955 A. Galland First & Last xii. 91 The fighter supporting land operations of the army is exclusively a tactical arm, a kind of ‘flying shock-troop’, for attacking at low level enemy positions and troop movements in the front line.

2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Nov. 8/2 Meanwhile, a shock troop of the ‘red berets’, State Security special assault forces,..was seizing the Interior Ministry.

Compounds

General attributive and appositive (usually with hyphen).

ΚΠ

1917 Times 20 June 5/5 The second shock-troop battalion of the Third Army.

1955 M. E. B. Banks Commando Climber i. 6 As the war developed, the general trend of commando operations had been..towards the amphibious shock-troop variety of fighting.

1962 Daily Tel. 14 Sept. 24/5 While Mr. Macmillan was having longish talks with Mr. Menzies of Australia and Mr. Diefenbaker of Canada and others, his shocktroop Ministers, Mr. Sandys and Mr. Heath were standing up to all comers.

1998 P. R. Gross in N. Koertge House built on Sand iv. 66 So much for coy and passive eggs versus shock-troop sperm.

2001 Times 5 Dec. i. 8/1 A military rethink is to give ordinary squaddies..the chance to take some of the shock-troop jobs from the Paras and Marines.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	shock troop
释义	shock troopn. Brit. /ˈʃɒk ˌtruːp/, U.S. /ˈʃɑk ˌtrup/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a French lexical item, and partly modelled on a German lexical item. Etymons: shock n.³, troop n. Etymology: < shock n.³ + troop n., after French troupe de choc (1862 in an English linguistic context, or earlier) and subsequently also German Stosstrupp (end of the 19th cent., itself after French). 1. In plural. a. Troops specially trained and equipped for carrying out sudden assaults, esp. against enemy strongholds. Cf. assault troops at assault n. Compounds 1, storm troop n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > for attack > against strong position or numbers shock troops1887 storm troops1916 1887 tr. Let. in Times of India 1 June 4/5 The new idea was only carried out timidly, the chain being still the principal fighting force and the shock troops regarded only as accessory. 1916 Times 10 July 8/3 He received..some of the finest shock troops of France, including the Moroccans and the famous Colonial Corps. 1928 Dict. Amer. Biogr. I. 382/2 A master of strategy usually stays behind the lines. Not so Bishop Asbury. He asked no more of his skirmishers and shock troops than he was himself prepared to undergo. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid ii. 48 At the Scaean gate, panoplied Juno Heads the shock-troops. 1973 R. L. Fox Alexander the Great iv. 78 The Shield Bearers..served as shock troops on night raids, hill climbs and forced marches. 2010 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 17 June 12 The Parachute Regiment and, indeed, the Royal Marine Commandos are superb aggressive first-in shock troops, as we saw in the Falklands. b. figurative and in extended use, esp. the driving force of an activity or movement; a group leading a vigorous challenge or defence; = storm troop n. 1b. ΚΠ 1918 Music Supervisors' Jrnl. 4 22 Our feelings are..the shock troops; our [printed out] intellects must follow them with the solid business of winning and establishing permanently the positions which they open. 1931 A. H. Dallas tr. E. Seeberg in Relig. World 400 The Society of Jesus..was organized with such..efficiency that it became the ‘spear head’ or ‘shock troops’ of the Papacy. 1940 War Illustr. 12 Apr. 353 Those who man the submarines may well be called the ‘shock troops’ of the sea, for of all the seafaring men their task is surely the most arduous and the most dangerous. 1968 Economist 16 Nov. 67/1 The National Union of Mineworkers' leaders voted to accept exactly the same percentage pay rise for their men, once the shocktroops of the wage struggle. 1990 Newsweek 12 Mar. 20/1 ACT UP.., the gay community's shock troops in the war against AIDS. 2007 Independent 16 Jan. 29/5 These criticisms will be regarded as irrelevant by the shock troops of climate catastrophists. 2. In singular. A detachment of such troops. Also figurative and in extended use. ΚΠ 1917 Times 18 July 6/2 A shock troop of a Hannoverian regiment..penetrated into the French lines. 1928 Stud. Philol. 25 422 We may think of it [sc. a poetic conceit] as the shock-troop which Donne used in his revolt against Petrarchianism. 1955 A. Galland First & Last xii. 91 The fighter supporting land operations of the army is exclusively a tactical arm, a kind of ‘flying shock-troop’, for attacking at low level enemy positions and troop movements in the front line. 2000 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 16 Nov. 8/2 Meanwhile, a shock troop of the ‘red berets’, State Security special assault forces,..was seizing the Interior Ministry. Compounds General attributive and appositive (usually with hyphen). ΚΠ 1917 Times 20 June 5/5 The second shock-troop battalion of the Third Army. 1955 M. E. B. Banks Commando Climber i. 6 As the war developed, the general trend of commando operations had been..towards the amphibious shock-troop variety of fighting. 1962 Daily Tel. 14 Sept. 24/5 While Mr. Macmillan was having longish talks with Mr. Menzies of Australia and Mr. Diefenbaker of Canada and others, his shocktroop Ministers, Mr. Sandys and Mr. Heath were standing up to all comers. 1998 P. R. Gross in N. Koertge House built on Sand iv. 66 So much for coy and passive eggs versus shock-troop sperm. 2001 Times 5 Dec. i. 8/1 A military rethink is to give ordinary squaddies..the chance to take some of the shock-troop jobs from the Paras and Marines. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1887
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