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单词 bug-out
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bug-outn.

Brit. /ˈbʌɡaʊt/, U.S. /ˈbəɡˌaʊt/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: bug v.3, out adv.
Etymology: < bug v.3 + out adv., after to bug out at bug v.3 1.
U.S. (originally and chiefly Military slang).
1. A hasty retreat from the field of combat. Later also in extended use: a sudden withdrawal from any dangerous or difficult situation. Frequently attributive.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military operations > manoeuvre > [noun] > retreat > withdrawal
pull-out1825
withdrawal1838
inactivation1943
bug-out1950
exfiltration1968
1950 Life 18 Dec. 28/1 There are many bug-outs. They all add up to a huge and tragic one: the evacuation of the hurt and the wounded from the battlefronts.
1950 Life 18 Dec. 28/1 A soldier advised us that the bug-out route was to the east.
1977 Time 28 Mar. 19/1 Confiding that he plans to ‘do a bug-out’ soon, a Salisbury [sc. in Rhodesia] executive says: ‘The family's already in South Africa on holiday, and I'll go out on a business trip. And we'll never come back.’
1992 Newsweek 9 Nov. 24/2 Shaken by the hard-nosed inquisitions of a national press corps.., Perot pulled the spectacular bugout that left his followers in the lurch.
2010 R. R. Rail Surviving Internat. War Zone xviii. 267 The best time to do any planning for a bug out is when you can clearly think through the ‘entire’ situation with a map and a cup of coffee.
2. A soldier who retreats from the field of combat in defiance of orders; a deserter. Later also, in extended use: a person who opts out of a situation early in order to avoid danger or difficulty.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > deserter
transfuge1548
fugitive1553
transfuger1611
deserter1667
bounty-jumper1875
bug-out1956
1956 M. Hargrove Girl he Left x. 153 We have our own special facilities for bug-outs.
1965 Washington Post 10 Mar. a23/1 They did all right... They stayed at their guns. Not a bug-out in the lot.
1989 T. Clancy Clear & Present Danger xvi. 329 He's a lifer... He'll retire as a command sergeant major. No, he's no bugout.
2007 W. L. Fox Courage & Fear iii. 26 If I had feared what we were moving into, these hundreds of ‘bug outs’ surely would have fed the flames of my fear.
2010 D. A. Lanpher Flyin' Chunks & Other Things to Duck iv. 33 Sergeant Domai was convinced that I was a gold bricker, a bug out. He thought I was faking illness.

Compounds

bug-out bag n. North American a bag packed as a contingency with essential items, and kept ready for use in the event of an emergency evacuation, sudden departure, etc.; cf. go bag n.
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1958 D. Politella Operation Grasshopper 185 Bug-out bag, small suitcase packed with bare essentials to be carried in the event of a bug-out.
1988 D. Long How to survive Nucl. Accident 69 A bug-out bag allows you to make a quick dash away from an area of heavy nuclear contamination.
2020 Richmond (Va.) Times-Disp. (Nexis) 19 Feb. 17 a Should we all have our own survival kits and keep a handy bug-out bag of supplies under our desks? Doesn't every Virginian with any sense of planning already have a hurricane kit?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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