| 单词 | yellow admiral butterfly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasyellow admiral butterfly yellow admiral n. (a) (in the British Navy) a post captain promoted to the rank of rear admiral on retirement without having actually served at that rank (see sense A. 5); now historical; (b) (more fully yellow admiral butterfly) a large nymphalid butterfly, Bassaris itea, native to Australia and New Zealand, which has black and reddish-brown wings with yellow markings on the forewings; cf. red admiral n. 2. ΚΠ 1757 Evening Advertiser 5 Mar. One abuse in the management of naval affairs which seems to want redress, is the great number of yellow Admirals, as they are called. 1846 Manch. Times 3 Jan. 3/6 The effect of this will be..to place the other ex-chancellors in as hopeless a position as if they were ‘Yellow Admirals’. 1895 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1894 27 119 On the summit of Gentle Annie, in fine weather, I met with what appeared to be a smaller and very bright variety of the Yellow Admiral butterfly, but I could not catch any. 1947 A. W. B. Powell Native Animals N.Z. 54 Yellow admiral (Vanessa itea)... The fore-wings are black and reddish-brown, divided by a broad diagonal patch of yellow. 2007 B. Lavery Shield of Empire iv. 78 The order of seniority was immutable unless an officer died or was retired as a ‘yellow’ admiral. 2014 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 5 Oct. (Entertainment section) Red and yellow admirals have captured my heart and it is the biggest thrill to see one. < as lemmas |
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