| 单词 | tail-end charlie |
| 释义 | > as lemmastail-end Charlie tail-end Charlie n. a tail-gunner; the last aircraft in a flying formation (Services' colloquial); also transferred and figurative, one who comes last or behind, a tail-ender. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities in the air > airman > [noun] > aircrew with specific duties observer1870 strafer1915 air gunner1916 air bomber1918 gunner1918 rear gunner1918 bombardier1932 bomb-aimer1935 tail gunner1939 tail-end Charlie1941 arse-end Charlie1942 waist-gunner1942 spotter pilot1944 the world > movement > progressive motion > order of movement > following behind > [noun] > one who or that which > one who or that which comes last lagc1530 lattermost1627 tail-ender1885 tail-end Charlie1941 society > travel > air or space travel > people who fly in aircraft or spacecraft > [noun] > person in control of aircraft or spacecraft > person in control of aircraft > air force pilot > flying in specific position tail-end Charlie1941 pathfinder1943 wing-man1946 society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > [noun] > an aircraft > a group of aircraft > disposition in flight > aircraft in specific position tail-end Charlie1941 wing-man1946 1941 Illustr. London News 199 579 (caption) The ‘tail-end Charlie’ of a ‘Halifax’ gives the ‘thumbs up’ sign just before his machine takes off. 1942 Sun (Baltimore) 8 Aug. 3/1 Lessig crossed the channel with the RAF, flying a Spitfire in the ‘tail end Charlie’ position—the last plane in a flight of four. 1956 P. Scott Male Child i. ii. 40 My brother..was killed in the war... A tail-end Charlie. 1961 Times 7 June 5/7 The Spaniard, Goyeneche was lanterne rouge, the cyclists' equivalent of tail-end-Charlie. 1962 A. Sampson Anat. Brit. xxxiv. 550 The essential services may, as in America, become regarded as the tail-end Charlies, the forgotten drudges under the pavements and pit-heads. 1969 Daily National (Nairobi) 31 Oct. 35 (advt.) Congratulations to Joginder Singh and Ken Ranyard on their magnificent drive in car No. 46, starting as ‘tail end Charlie’. But finishing with the major honours. 1973 Listener 15 Nov. 661/3 On tours, when I used to go with my parents..a sort of tail-end Charlie. 1976 Daily Mail 4 Oct. 3/3 The average lifespan of a ‘Tail-end Charlie’ was reckoned as ten ‘ops.’ 1978 A. Price '44 Vintage x. 131 The jeep behind them was closing up... The Sergeant was taking his tail~end Charlie role..seriously. 1980 Outdoor Life (U.S.) (North-east ed.) Oct. 53/3 I found myself on a hillside where the birds were flushing below, but then there was one tail-end Charlie who went up the hill. < as lemmas |
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