| 单词 | two-striper |
| 释义 | > as lemmastwo-striper 1. Usually as two (two and a half, three, four)-striper: an officer in the Royal Navy or U.S. Navy (from the stripes worn to denote rank). In later use, in the army, a lance-corporal ( one-striper), corporal ( two-striper), sergeant ( three-striper). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer or soldier of rank > [noun] officera1450 lancepesade1579 military1709 tax-eater1818 two-striper1917 chiefy1942 pongo1943 scrambled egg(s)1943 Percy1961 1917 M. T. Hainsselin Grand Fleet Days xv. 118 But nowadays you find them lolling and sprawling in all the most comfortable armchairs, while the three-striper has to take a high chair or else go to his cabin! 1918 L. E. Ruggles Navy Explained 146 Two striper. Instead of saying ‘he was a lieutenant’, many men say ‘he was a two-striper’, meaning that he wore two stripes on his cuff. If the officer was a lieutenant commander he would wear two-and-a-half stripes, hence ‘he was a two-and-a-half striper’. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Mar. 320/2 A dapper two-and-a-half striper, R.N., dashed alongside in an obviously Navy gig, and scrambled aboard. 1928 Daily Tel. 24 July 8/7 Our captain, a merry-eyed ‘two-striper’. 1936 National Geographic Mag. 69 799/2 The three-striper looked me up and down. 1950 G. Hackforth-Jones Worst Enemy i. 20 It made me remember how I felt when some pompous four-striper came slumming or snooping on board my submarine. 1954 Sun (Baltimore) 11 Dec. 13/4 Some 250 other ‘stripers’ were named brigade officers for the period ending March 17. 1977 ‘E. McBain’ Long Time no See xii. 200 These are designations of rank. An E-3 is a Pfc., a Spec 4 is Specialist 4th Class, a corporal. An E-5 is a three-striper, and so on. 1978 A. Price '44 Vintage iii. 41 A two-striper like himself. 1978 H. Wouk War & Remembrance i. 10 Bill, isn't that a three-striper slot? two-striper two-striper n. (see striper n. 1.) < as lemmas |
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