英语词汇“dead marine”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

dead marine

Australian /NZ informal An empty bottle, especially a beer bottle: he threw the dead marines in the garbage tin...

"And that's a dead Marine if ever I saw one," chortles Roger in alcoholic mirth, upending the second bottle into Sue's glass.
Eventually the dead marine ale bottle would join the wrappers.
We sat down to curried bullybeef and potatoes, and a dead marine lay nearby.

From British slang marine (officer) 'an empty bottle', referring to the view that officers were regarded as useless by seamen

See parent entry: marine

单词	dead marine
释义	dead marine Australian /NZ informal An empty bottle, especially a beer bottle: he threw the dead marines in the garbage tin... "And that's a dead Marine if ever I saw one," chortles Roger in alcoholic mirth, upending the second bottle into Sue's glass. Eventually the dead marine ale bottle would join the wrappers. We sat down to curried bullybeef and potatoes, and a dead marine lay nearby. From British slang marine (officer) 'an empty bottle', referring to the view that officers were regarded as useless by seamen See parent entry: marine
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