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名詞

action stations pl (複数形 only)

1. (military, Britain, Canada) The positions or activity assumed by the crew of a warship immediately in advance of combat or other hostile action; general quarters; also, the signal given to indicate such imminent action.
2. (figuratively) Any general state of intense anticipatory activity.

Further reading

• “action stations”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “action stations” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• “action stations” in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Longman.