单词 | storm trooper |
释义 | storm troopern. 1. a. A soldier specially trained and equipped for carrying out sudden assaults, esp. against enemy strongholds; spec. a German soldier of this type during the First World War (1914–18). Cf. storm troop n. 1a, shock trooper n. Now chiefly historical.Storm troops is more common in this sense. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by branch of army > [noun] > storm-trooper or commando shock trooper1918 storm trooper1918 commando1940 1918 Sun (Baltimore) 9 Sept. 12/8 Under the force of attack of picked storm troopers you held your ground. 1973 R. Lacey Sir Walter Raleigh xvii. 129 The ordinary English levies..were no match for the Spanish stormtroopers. 1977 A. Ecclestone Staircase for Silence v. 89 He did not foresee a time when..stormtroopers and commandos would appear. 2005 Jrnl. Mil. Hist. 69 722 He was promoted to lieutenant in 1915 and led a platoon of storm troopers during some of the most desperate fighting of the war. b. A member of the Sturmabteilung (see Sturmabteilung n.), the paramilitary wing of the Nazi party. Cf. storm troop n. 1c, Brownshirt n. Now historical. ΚΠ 1931 Chicago Tribune 3 Apr. 21/2 100 Hitlerites forced their way into the headquarters, only to be forcibly ejected by the ‘storm troopers’. 1941 B. Schulberg What makes Sammy Run? vi. 101 ‘Jews,’ he said bitterly..like a storm-trooper. 1958 Listener 14 Aug. 238/2 The Nazi storm-trooper. 1984 S. Terkel Good War (1985) i. iv. 96 This was '32. The storm troopers stood on the sidelines, jeered, and threw rocks. 2004 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 21 Oct. 34/2 This enabled the fascists to use their party militias—the Nazi stormtroopers or the Italian fascist ‘action squads’—to challenge the state's monopoly of legitimate violence. 2. In extended use and figurative. The driving force of an activity or movement; a vigorous advocate or defender of a cause. Chiefly in plural.Often with connotations of aggression, showing the influence of sense 1b. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > support > support or encouragement > [noun] > supporter or encourager > and stoutly defends champion138. propugnatorc1429 propugner1593 stickler1607 white knight1628 hyperaspist1638 stiff-stander1642 sticker-up1832 storm troops1918 storm trooper1935 1935 N. Amer. Rev. June 118 Huey Long..waits impatiently for the day when he can call the storm troopers of a newer deal into action. 1943 C. Himes in Crisis July 200/1 I suppose you have been reading about the birth of the storm troopers in Los Angeles, the reincarnation, or rather I should say, the continuation of the vigilantes, the uniformed Klansmen. 1958 Spectator 1 Aug. 163/2 The toughest Nationalists, Plaid Cymru's Storm Troopers. 1976 Birmingham Post 16 Dec. 4/1 The Gay movement in the city is concerned about a kind of creeping apathy coming over some of its former storm-troopers. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xiv. 442 Once the god-squaddie supreme, she was now possessed of the zeal of the apostate and came on like an atheistic stormtrooper. 2006 Independent 14 Jan. 19/2 They are the tough guys of public service, the stormtroopers of municipal dirty work. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1918 |
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