军事词汇及其小故事
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leatherneck
grunt
doughboy
GI Joe
Beadle's Monthly
Charles Funk
George Custer
Elizabeth Custer
Allies
World War I

 
A leatherneck or a grunt do not sound like nice names to call someone. Yet men and women who serve in the United States armed forces are proud of those names. And if you think they sound strange, consider doughboy and GI Joe. After the American Civil War in the 1860s, a writer in a publication call…
海军陆战队员(leatherneck)和美国步兵(grunt)都不是对他人的合适称呼。但是在美国武装部队服役的人却为这些称呼而感到骄傲。如果你觉得这些称呼听起来都很奇怪,那再想想美国步兵(doughboy)和美国军队中的士兵(GI Joe)吧。 在19世纪60年代美国内战后,一位作者在《比德尔月刊》的一期刊物中,用"doughboy"一词来描述…