英语词汇“mopper、up”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

mopper-up

释义

ˈmopper-up Mil.
[f. mop v.² 3 + -er¹.]
A soldier who ‘mops up’ an enemy area. Also fig. and in other slang senses of mop v.² 3.
1917London Gaz. 26 Nov. 12330/1 Pte. Dancox was one of a party of about ten men detailed as moppers-up.1919W. H. Downing Digger Dial. 34 Mopper-up, (1) One of a party of men who follow the leading waves of an attack in order to clear the enemy from the ground behind the assaulting troops; (2) a drunkard.1920G. K. Rose 2/4th Oxf. & Bucks. Lt. Infty. x. 122 The Berks came afterwards as ‘moppers-up’.1923Kipling Irish Guards in Gt. War I. 230 The ‘mopper-up’ who dealt with the débris of attacks.1928Mod. Lang. Rev. Apr. 136 His plan of attack is described on p. 174 of his Philosophy of Grammar; his ‘moppers up’ follow in the Modern English Grammar.1936Daily Tel. 15 Aug. 15/5 How..fascinating to know that your goods are coming to the London market by the Mopper Up.

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