| 单词 | to be made post |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto be made post P4. British Navy to be made post: to be appointed a full-grade or post captain; to be placed on the list of captains in the Royal Navy (see sense 4). Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > administration and ceremonial > organize naval affairs, etc. [verb (intransitive)] > enter upon command > be appointed post captain to take post1720 to be made post1800 1800 Naval Chron. 4 469 Capt. Miller was made post in 1796. 1806 A. Duncan Life Nelson 18 Captain Nelson was made post on the 11th of June, 1779. 1837 Commodore & Daughter I. 39 It was mainly through the interest of his uncle that he was made post with such post-haste. 1988 D. A. Thomas Compan. Royal Navy 15 During the eighteenth century when an officer was ‘made post’, or appointed to a captain's command, his name was placed at the bottom of a list which was headed by an Admiral of the Fleet. < as lemmas |
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