| 单词 | to call to the colours |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto call (a person) to the colours P14. to call (a person) to the colours and variants: to summon (a person) to active military service with a regiment; to call up; to conscript. Cf. sense 20b. ΚΠ 1823 in Mem. Hist. France during Reign Napoleon: Hist. Misc. II. 270 The number of retired and reduced officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates, amounted to upwards of 100,000; 30,000 were fit for service, and were called to their colours. 1872 Col. von Wright & H. M. Hozier tr. Campaign of 1866 in Germany i. 38 Recruits and furlough men called to the colours in consequence of the decree of the Bund of the 14th June. 1883 Colburn's United Service Mag. Nov. 499 To render the Reserve man liable to be called to the colours for any war—not necessarily European. 1916 M. Gyte Diary 19 Oct. (1999) 105 Our Tony's papers came calling him to the colours on Nov. 2nd. 1967 J. Speight Till Death us do Part: Scripts (1973) 56 If we declare war on someone, an' you're called to the colours—I mean, you can't refuse to go out an' fight because it's dangerous, can you? 1978 E. Blishen Sorry, Dad i. iii. 23 He was to go to an annual camp, as a Territorial: instead he was called to the colours. 2001 Daily News (Los Angeles) (Nexis) 27 May (Viewpoint section) 1 When their country called them to the colors, they stepped forward and made the transition from peaceful citizen to warrior soldier. < as lemmas |
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