| 单词 | quartermaster |
| 释义 | quartermaster (once / 2165 pages) n A quartermaster is a soldier whose job is to hand out supplies — like food and clothes — to army troops. Sometimes the quartermaster is an individual, and other times it's a whole military unit. The quartermaster has an important job. While historically an army's quartermaster distributed uniforms and other clothing, today this officer might also procure food and other supplies. In the US Navy, a quartermaster obtains and takes care of nautical charts, and in the Boy Scouts, the quartermaster maintains camping supplies. The word has been in use since the fifteenth century, from the French quartier-maître, and it originally meant an officer on a ship who stowed goods in the ship's hold. WORD FAMILYquartermaster: quartermasters USAGE EXAMPLESHis Guard outfit was converting from a quartermaster unit to ADA, and McIntire said he wanted to be an air defender. Washington Times(Dec 25, 2016) Without his performance as quartermaster general of the U.S. Washington Post(Nov 11, 2016) The closure, initiated by the state Department of Health, expands last week’s notice that closed such harvesting at the island’s Quartermaster Harbor beaches. Seattle Times(Sep 15, 2016) n an army officer who provides clothing and subsistence for troops Hyper army officer an officer in the armed forces |
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