单词 | to stand at attention |
释义 | > as lemmasto stand at attention a. ‘A cautionary word used as a preparative to any particular exercise or manœuvre.’ C. James Mil. Dict. to come to attention: to assume a prepared military attitude; so to stand at attention. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > orders > [noun] > word of command > preliminary attention1792 caution1796 tention1908 society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (intransitive)] > stand to attention to stand shouldered1811 to draw oneself up, spring, etc., to attention1859 to come to attention1870 1792 Rules & Regulations for Formations His Majesty’s Forces 6 Upon the word Attention, no one shall have materially lost his dressing in the line. 1792 Rules & Regulations His Majesty's Forces i. 6 On the word, Attention, the hands are to fall smartly down the outside of the thighs; the right heel to be brought up in a line with the left; and the proper unconstrained position of a soldier..resumed. 1820 W. Combe Second Tour Dr. Syntax xxvii. 45 He attention's look display'd As he was wont on war's parade. 1870 Daily News 1 Oct. Yonder sergeant of Zouaves..comes promptly to attention when an officer addresses him. to stand (at, to) attention b. to stand (at, to) attention: to stand in the military attitude assumed at the word of command ‘Attention!’ Also to draw oneself up, spring, etc., to attention. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > drill or training > drill [verb (intransitive)] > stand to attention to stand shouldered1811 to draw oneself up, spring, etc., to attention1859 to come to attention1870 1859 G. J. Whyte-Melville Holmby House (1860) xviii. 276 He..stood gaunt and dripping at ‘attention’. 1866 G. J. Whyte-Melville Cerise (ed. 3) I. i. 11 Like a soldier who springs to ‘attention’. 1879 H. Hartigan Stray Leaves ser. ii. 146 He drew himself up to attention, and performed the lance exercise. 1879 H. Hartigan Stray Leaves ser. ii. 181 The old man was standing at attention. 1892 R. Kipling & W. Balestier Naulahka xxi. 259 A trooper..stood to attention at the horse's head. 1893 St. Nicholas Mag. Jan. 182/1 He..stood attention respectfully. 1895 Cornhill Mag. Dec. 633 He..saluted, and stood at attention. 1896 H. S. Merriman Sowers ix The..keepers..standing stiffly to attention. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 8 Make the patient ‘stand attention’. < as lemmas |
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