单词 | colonel |
释义 | colonelWord family nouncolonelcycolonellingcolonelshipcolonel Armycolo·nel /ˈkɜːnl $ ˈkɜːr-/ ●●○ noun [countableC] → kernel PMAa high rank in the army, Marines, or the US air force, or someone who has this rank 〔陆军、海军陆战队或美国空军的〕上校军衔;上校 Examples from the Corpus colonel• In 1623 he was deputy lieutenant in Cambridgeshire, and in 1625, a colonel of the Suffolk regiments defending the coasts.• An elderly colonel with a steel gray crew cut stood to one side, ready to intervene if the questioning got difficult.• During that time I went from captain to full colonel.• Similarly, the army, when faced with a budget cut, never points the finger at desk-bound lieutenant colonels.• The ghosts of retired colonels haunt some of Torquay's menus.• Back in his office he put through a call to the colonel.• At the end, Rakovsky opened a bottle of his favourite Scotch whisky and offered a drink to the young colonel. (1500-1600) coronal “colonel” ((16-17 centuries)), from French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello “column of soldiers, colonel”, from colonna “column”, from Latin columna; → COLUMN |
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