单词 | soldiering |
释义 | soldieringn. 1. The action of serving as a soldier; the state of being a soldier; military service. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] knightshipa1175 armsc1300 knighthoodc1384 warfarec1485 service1549 soldiership1561 soldierfare1579 military service1586 stipend1604 caska1616 milice1635 lance1641 militia1641 soldiering1643 camp1725 military1757 ?1697 J. Lewis Mem. Duke of Glocester (1789) 59 On a sudden he left off his soldiering, and must needs take to managing a wooden horse. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 235 This was my second Essay at the Trade of Soldiering. 1806 Ann. Rev. 4 244 The resistance of the quakers to soldiering and to tythes. 1857 S. Osborn Quedah xvii. 227 He could handle a musket with all the innate love of soldiering of an Irishman. 1884 Truth 13 Mar. 372/1 His trade was soldiering, and..he has distinguished himself in his profession. 2. U.S. Malingering, shirking. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > abstaining or refraining from action > [noun] > avoiding an action or condition > avoiding duty, work, or exertion blanching1642 skulking1805 soldiering1840 malingery1841 malingering1861 old soldierism1866 old soldiering1867 scrimshanking1881 shirking1899 gold-bricking1918 lead-swinging1930 skive1958 skiving1958 scowing1959 the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] > pretending illness skulking1805 malingering1861 soldiering1894 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xii. 91 ‘Sogering’ was the order of the day. 1849 H. Melville Redburn xii. 80 Sailors were always bitter against any thing like sogering..though this Jackson was a notorious old soger the whole voyage. 1850 N. Kingsley Diary 108 There seems to be less sojering than usual. 1875 J. G. Holland Sevenoaks ii. 25 Remember:—seven o'clock, sharp, and no soldiering. 1894 Forum (N.Y.) June 504 There could be no ‘sojering’. Inattention and neglect were at the expense of the worker. 1903 Sunday Herald (Boston) 17 May 4/1 These physicians were appointed..for the ostensible purpose of preventing ‘soldiering’ among employes [sic]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > as lemmasˈsoldiering ˈsoldiering adj. ΚΠ 1607 T. Middleton Phoenix sig. A4v Enter the Captaine with Souldiering fellowes. 1795 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) II. 780 The wild Scot o' Galloway, Sogering gunpowder B—r. < n.1643 as lemmas |
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