| 单词 | Sam Browne |
| 释义 | Sam Browne|sæm braʊn|
[The name of Sir Samuel James Browne (1824–1901), British general, who invented it.]
In full, Sam Browne belt: a belt with a supporting strap that passes over the right shoulder, worn by commissioned officers of the British Army and also by members of various police forces, etc. Also transf., a commissioned officer.
1915Punch 6 Oct. 288/3 Military Wedding Equipment. Sam Browne belt, single brace and frog, best bridal leather. 1916E. C. Middleton Aircraft xvi. 114 Should he be posted to the Army wing he will probably present himself to an astonished and apoplectic adjutant wearing two cross straps to his ‘Sam Browne’. 1919Amer. Legion Weekly 5 Sept. 27 It wasn't the privates or the acting corporals or the full-fledged Sam Brownes who had a monopoly on this particular quality. 1933J. Cary Amer. Visitor xvii. 278 Stoker in a Sam Browne and Gore with a huge Webley strapped to his waist were interrogating Sam and Henry. 1942E. Waugh Put out More Flags i. 55 Taking in every detail of his uniform, the riding boots, Sam Browne belt, the enamelled stars of rank. Ibid., I heard they had stopped wearing cross straps on the Sam Browne. 1972J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) i. 16, I loosened by Sam Browne for the joy of eating. 1977‘A. York’ Tallant for Trouble i. 13 He wore the khaki shorts and bush jacket, and the Sam Browne belt, of a police officer. |
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