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"Powder monkey" nghĩa là gì?
22 Sep, 2021
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"Powder monkey" = con khỉ thuốc súng -> nghĩa là người vận chuyển thuốc súng từ kho tới đại bác trên chiến hạm, nghĩa khác là chuyên gia về thuốc nổ hoặc pháo hoa.
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The name of this pub (quán rượu) recalls Nancy Perriam, who lived in nearby Tower Street and was a powder monkey – naval (hải quân) slang for ‘boys’ and, in this case, Nancy – who filled shells and cartridges (vỏ đạn) with gunpowder on board ships of war.
Weick described (miêu tả) in his essay how his grandfather, who held the rank of corporal (hạ sĩ, cai) E-4 in the Marines (thủy quân lục chiến, lính thủy đánh bộ), earned two Purple Hearts in Vietnam. “He was a powder monkey,” Weick wrote. “He would go through tunnels (hầm), place a bomb and then crawl out of the tunnel as fast as he could.”
"There, he wanted to be in the 'underground section'. He was a powder monkey keeping the gunpowder warm to keep it from freezing. He later said the nitroglycerin gave him headaches," Carl Delprat said.
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