| 单词 | wavy navy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasWavy Navy Wavy Navy n. colloquial the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, so nicknamed from the wavy braid worn by officers on their sleeves prior to 1956. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > [adjective] > belonging to naval reserve Wavy Navy1918 society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > navy > [noun] > the British navy > reserve branch RNR1862 Royal Naval Reserve1863 RNVR1903 Wavy Navy1918 1918 W. Owen Let. 21 Mar. (1967) 541 Her son, a Lieut. in the ‘Wavy Navy’ was at home. 1944 A. Jacob Traveller's War iii. 40 The ship's doctor and the paymaster-lieutenant, both ‘Wavy Navy’ men..have been in the service only a few months and know next to nothing of the sea. 1960 D. Fearon Murder-on-Thames xiv. 115 I remember him when he was a Sub. He was Wavy Navy then. < as lemmas |
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