| 单词 | blue jacket |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue jacket blue jacket n. now historical a sailor in the navy; esp. a seaman as distinguished from a marine.From the traditional colour of a sailor's jacket. Cf. red-jacket n. at red adj. and n. Compounds 1f(b)(i). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > [noun] water?1570 man-of-war1599 navy-man1679 man-of-war's-man1745 blue jacket1776 ocean-warrior1801 blue1806 web foot1846 gobby1883 nautic1909 1776 E. Thompson Syrens i. 7 The people on shore strive hard to save a Gold Coat—when a poor Blue Jacket may sink and be lost. 1806 J. Davis Post-Captain 136 The blue jackets stand no chance. 1830 F. Marryat King's Own I. ii. 23 Every ‘blue jacket’..would walk over. 1859 L. Oliphant Narr. Earl of Elgin's Mission China & Japan I. 128 The ladders..were soon swarming with marines and blue-jackets. 1933 E. A. Powell Slanting Lines of Steel ix. 132 The bluejackets of the naval division, brown-faced, bewhiskered fellows with..the roll of the sea in their gait. 2007 S. T. Russell Under Enemy Colors xviii. 255 British sailors..fell upon the French crew just as blue jackets erupted from the companionways fore and aft. < as lemmas |
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