“Brodrick”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

Brodrick

释义

Brodrick|ˈbrɒdrɪk|
The name of the Secretary of State for War (1900–3), the Rt. Hon. W. St. J. Brodrick, afterwards Viscount Midleton, applied facetiously to: a. a soldier enlisted under the lower standard of physique introduced under his régime; more explicitly little Brodrick; b. an army cap invented and introduced by him.
1903Westm. Gaz. 19 Mar. 8/1 ‘Brodricks’ in South Africa.1903Daily Chron. 17 Sept. 7/2 There were comparatively few so-called ‘Little Brodricks’ in these sturdy line battalions of the 1st Army Corps.1905Westm. Gaz. 25 May 8/2 The other half in undress uniform, with..its fatigue jackets, its ‘Brodrick’ caps, and riding whips.1915A. D. Gillespie Lett. from Flanders (1916) 74 The soft ‘Gor’ bli'me' hat..does not give such a mark as the flat-topped ‘Brodrick’.1960E. Waugh in Spectator 15 July 95/3 The officials..wore khaki service dress and Brodrick caps.

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