boots on the ground

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict, rather than troops not engaged or other military action such as air strikes. metonymically,plural,plural-only
    — The Pentagon may say we have enough, but that's not what I'm hearing from the boots on the ground.
  2. The ground forces actually fighting in a war or conflict, rather than troops not engaged or other military action such as air strikes.; The military policy of using ground forces. metonymically,plural,plural-only
    — So often boots on the ground is the American Way.
  3. Personnel operating in an area of interest. broadly,plural,plural-only
    — Eyes on the page matter, but nothing goes forward without boots on the ground. In my case, students wore the boots that mattered most. Jennifer Greer, a former student who worked for a records management consulting service, agreed to help me with the research and writing.
  4. The state or condition of being physically present at a place of interest in order to ascertain the current situation. figuratively,informal,plural,plural-only
    — Michael Bordenaro (27 March 2024), “FAST FOOD LAYOFFS ARE HERE! THOUSANDS LOSING THEIR JOB...”, in YouTube, retrieved 27 Mar 2024: “I'm gonna be in California this summer. And I'll definitely be doing some boots on the ground research on [raise in minimum wage] while I'm there.”
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see boots, on, ground. plural,plural-only
    — He did not make much of an entrance, he just made his way over to the edge of the lake and plopped his boots on the ground.

词源

First appears c. 1980 in the US. Attributed to the United States General Volney F. Warner, as quoted in the Christian Science Monitor (April 11, 1980) in reference to the Iranian hostage crisis
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