单词 | vad |
释义 | > as lemmasV.A.D. V.A.D. n. (a member of a) Voluntary Aid Detachment. ΘΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > philanthropy > [noun] > voluntary services peace corps1868 V.A.D.1915 W.V.S.1939 Voluntary Service Overseas1960 V.S.O.1960 meals on wheels1961 VISTA1964 W.R.V.S.1966 1915 G. Bell Let. 10 Feb. (1927) I. xiv. 359 She is a V.A.D. part of a detachment which is going up as orderlies to the Cross Hospital at G.H.Q. 1916 Lancet 18 Mar. 651/1 Whether he had received any complaints from the V.A.D. hospitals as to the strict nature of the regulations governing the movements of convalescent wounded. 1980 ‘M. Yorke’ Scent of Fear x. 85 In that earlier war she had become a VAD nurse. < as lemmas |
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