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词汇 quartermaster
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Definition of quartermaster in English:

quartermaster

noun ˈkwɔːtəmɑːstəˈkwɔrdərˌmæstər
  • 1A regimental officer, usually commissioned from the ranks, responsible for administering barracks, laying out the camp, and looking after supplies.

    军需官

    Example sentencesExamples
    • As a deployment builds up some quartermasters can find themselves short of kit and that could be the case here.
    • Since Southern rails were scarcely equipped to carry even essential supplies, endowing the quartermaster with this authority often meant giving him plenipotentiary power over most railroad activities.
    • The quartermaster division has three sections: quartermaster; petroleum, oils, and lubricants; and subsistence.
    • It later appeared that the quartermaster had ‘borrowed’ these when army supplies ran low after the Battle of Fredericksburg.
    • He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
    • The commissary, a commissioned officer, handled food procurement and, like the quartermaster, on many questions answered directly to his superiors in the national capital rather than to the army commander.
    • He was appointed quartermaster of a militia brigade and contributed his own money for the purpose.
    • The first of Margo's sources, and the more novel, is the ‘Reports of Persons and Articles Hired’ that were made by the quartermasters of military installations.
    • If only the quartermaster had supplied us with ammunition instead of tracts no one could decipher.
    • Of equal, if less spectacular, importance, the Empire's quartermasters and military engineers were the finest in the world.
    • Our unit was made up of cooks, mechanics, and quartermasters with many of the same military occupational specialties found in traditional CSS units.
    • During the Civil War Gilmer held a variety of staff positions, including quartermaster and adjutant general of the Hilliard Alabama Legion.
    • Posted with the Quartermaster Corps, he held a number of positions, including the quartermaster at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
    • Unknown to the Pastors however, the pills the quartermasters supplied them were vitamins and not the sedative drugs.
    • Eight supporting staff - a contingent commander, adjutant, cook, quartermaster, and coach for each discipline - completed the team, and where possible these members also competed as shooters.
    • Although these vessels were contracted through the Army quartermaster, a naval officer - Lt George M. Totten - designed them.
    • A quartermaster for the First Battalion of the Light Infantry also told the committee that troops went into battle without grenade-launchers, night-vision goggles, desert boots, socks and uniforms.
    • The Tarlac Advance Depot quartermaster, supporting the North Luzon force, broke his supplies up into division-size lots before withdrawing in the hopes that retreating units could grab them on the run.
    • Innovation, an unofficial principle of logistics, was applied successfully by Bataan quartermasters.
    • It was also widely practised on campaign, when a quartermaster would normally travel ahead of his unit to arrange accommodation with the (often less than enthusiastic) civic authorities.
  • 2A naval petty officer with particular responsibility for steering and signals.

    (海军)舵工

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Typically, it's a boatswain's mate or a quartermaster running the ship, while an engineer and one or two seaman line handlers assist in the shipboard operations.
    • While Darling and his shipmates were busy learning the ACD, the ship was steering course as usual, yet with the help of a new friend to the quartermaster.
    • Soon CGS Varuna was cast off, with her quartermaster and sailor saluting the two stationary IN survey ships, Sutlej and Jamuna.
    • From nurses to barmen and quartermasters to waiters, more than 70 ex-crew gathered at the Cowherds pub on the Common - and there were plenty of tales to be shared.
    • In fact, the Coast Guard allowed Sea Scouts with the rank of quartermaster to take the helm of the small boat during recovery operations with the Sockeye.
    • The son of a quartermaster in the US Navy, Roche was born in Boston in 1928 and raised during the Depression.
    • Engine room artificers, boatswains, tugboat crews and quartermasters in the harbour master section (navigation branch) of the Sri Lanka Port Authority began an overtime boycott on November 12.
    • Steering was carried out from a position forward of this by a quartermaster manning the ship's wheel, which connected cables to the tiller flat below.
    • A quartermaster works on Moreau's LCAC as a navigator.
    • Two shares went to the captain, one and a half shares to the quartermaster, and one share each to the crew members.
    • They went belowdecks to the quarters of the quartermaster.
    • Shortly before noon on Jan. 23, Bucher sat down to a lunch of meatloaf, succotash, mashed potatoes and gravy when Law, the ship's quartermaster, called down to the wardroom.
    • This was not difficult for Humphrey Bogart; he was, after all, the man who never made quartermaster in the Navy during World War I.

Definition of quartermaster in US English:

quartermaster

nounˈkwɔrdərˌmæstərˈkwôrdərˌmastər
  • 1A military officer responsible for providing quarters, rations, clothing, and other supplies.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Innovation, an unofficial principle of logistics, was applied successfully by Bataan quartermasters.
    • Of equal, if less spectacular, importance, the Empire's quartermasters and military engineers were the finest in the world.
    • Eight supporting staff - a contingent commander, adjutant, cook, quartermaster, and coach for each discipline - completed the team, and where possible these members also competed as shooters.
    • Unknown to the Pastors however, the pills the quartermasters supplied them were vitamins and not the sedative drugs.
    • A quartermaster for the First Battalion of the Light Infantry also told the committee that troops went into battle without grenade-launchers, night-vision goggles, desert boots, socks and uniforms.
    • He was appointed quartermaster of a militia brigade and contributed his own money for the purpose.
    • Our unit was made up of cooks, mechanics, and quartermasters with many of the same military occupational specialties found in traditional CSS units.
    • It was also widely practised on campaign, when a quartermaster would normally travel ahead of his unit to arrange accommodation with the (often less than enthusiastic) civic authorities.
    • Posted with the Quartermaster Corps, he held a number of positions, including the quartermaster at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.
    • He is the career quartermaster who watches the ribbons and medals pass him by.
    • If only the quartermaster had supplied us with ammunition instead of tracts no one could decipher.
    • As a deployment builds up some quartermasters can find themselves short of kit and that could be the case here.
    • During the Civil War Gilmer held a variety of staff positions, including quartermaster and adjutant general of the Hilliard Alabama Legion.
    • Although these vessels were contracted through the Army quartermaster, a naval officer - Lt George M. Totten - designed them.
    • The Tarlac Advance Depot quartermaster, supporting the North Luzon force, broke his supplies up into division-size lots before withdrawing in the hopes that retreating units could grab them on the run.
    • The first of Margo's sources, and the more novel, is the ‘Reports of Persons and Articles Hired’ that were made by the quartermasters of military installations.
    • The quartermaster division has three sections: quartermaster; petroleum, oils, and lubricants; and subsistence.
    • Since Southern rails were scarcely equipped to carry even essential supplies, endowing the quartermaster with this authority often meant giving him plenipotentiary power over most railroad activities.
    • The commissary, a commissioned officer, handled food procurement and, like the quartermaster, on many questions answered directly to his superiors in the national capital rather than to the army commander.
    • It later appeared that the quartermaster had ‘borrowed’ these when army supplies ran low after the Battle of Fredericksburg.
  • 2A naval petty officer with particular responsibility for steering and signals.

    (海军)舵工

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Engine room artificers, boatswains, tugboat crews and quartermasters in the harbour master section (navigation branch) of the Sri Lanka Port Authority began an overtime boycott on November 12.
    • This was not difficult for Humphrey Bogart; he was, after all, the man who never made quartermaster in the Navy during World War I.
    • While Darling and his shipmates were busy learning the ACD, the ship was steering course as usual, yet with the help of a new friend to the quartermaster.
    • Soon CGS Varuna was cast off, with her quartermaster and sailor saluting the two stationary IN survey ships, Sutlej and Jamuna.
    • Shortly before noon on Jan. 23, Bucher sat down to a lunch of meatloaf, succotash, mashed potatoes and gravy when Law, the ship's quartermaster, called down to the wardroom.
    • A quartermaster works on Moreau's LCAC as a navigator.
    • The son of a quartermaster in the US Navy, Roche was born in Boston in 1928 and raised during the Depression.
    • From nurses to barmen and quartermasters to waiters, more than 70 ex-crew gathered at the Cowherds pub on the Common - and there were plenty of tales to be shared.
    • In fact, the Coast Guard allowed Sea Scouts with the rank of quartermaster to take the helm of the small boat during recovery operations with the Sockeye.
    • Two shares went to the captain, one and a half shares to the quartermaster, and one share each to the crew members.
    • They went belowdecks to the quarters of the quartermaster.
    • Steering was carried out from a position forward of this by a quartermaster manning the ship's wheel, which connected cables to the tiller flat below.
    • Typically, it's a boatswain's mate or a quartermaster running the ship, while an engineer and one or two seaman line handlers assist in the shipboard operations.
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