单词 | tri-service |
释义 | tri-serviceadj. Of, pertaining to, or representing the three armed forces, Army, Navy, and Air Force. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > [adjective] inter-service1942 multiservice1949 tri-service1959 1959 Times 18 June (Queen in Canada Suppl.) p. vii/7 A unique experiment in military education, a tri-service college. 1977 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 1 Feb. 7/6 Much has been made of the damage supposedly done by unification. The opponents of it, both in the services, and in groups on the outside such as TRIO (Tri-Service Identities Organization), concentrated on this one issue. 1979 Navy News Feb. 1/5 The survey, which will be tri-Service, will cover all personnel, including Servicewomen. 1982 Daily Tel. 15 Dec. 24/4 The White Paper confirmed the maintenance of a sizeable tri-service garrison in the South Atlantic. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.1959 |
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