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单词 lancer
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Definition of lancer in English:

lancer

noun ˈlɑːnsəˈlænsər
  • 1historical A soldier of a cavalry regiment armed with lances.

    〈史〉(长矛骑兵团的)长矛骑兵

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Twenty-four regiments formed part of the Restoration army, but subsequent restructuring reduced this number as some were converted to lancers.
    • But when free of the classroom, he transforms himself into the role of the leader of an elite corps of Polish lancers in Napoleon's army.
    • To a troop of war-hardened lancers from the 19th century, they would have looked like giant steel-toothed beetles crawling across the parade ground.
    • If at that moment, the swordsman lunges, forcing the lance to the outside, he is safe and the lancer is at his mercy.
    • Curiously, perhaps anticipating a conflict with Eastern European cavalry forces, his manual also contains advice in facing a charge against lancers.
    • In fact, the lancers were a minority of those who charged: only one regiment of lancers, but two each of hussars and light dragoons.
    Synonyms
    mounted troops, cavalrymen, horse soldiers, troopers, horse
    1. 1.1 A soldier of a regiment originally armed with lances.
      〈史〉(长矛骑兵团的)长矛骑兵
      the Queen's Royal Lancers

      女王皇家长矛骑兵。

      Example sentencesExamples
      • In July 1955, after completing his National Service with the 12 th Lancers, Mollatt, a former England Youth triallist, joined the Minstermen.
      • The U.S. Army has currently stationed my son abroad, with the Queens Royal Lancers, so this project will have to wait until he returns.
      • From column commander in South Africa he graduated to command the 5th Lancers, 4th Cavalry Brigade, and then became inspector general of Cavalry in 1910.
      • The Queen's Royal Lancers has been based at Imphal Barracks, Osnabrück in Germany since its formation in 1993, as part of 4th Armoured Brigade.
      • As James Morris, Morris served in the army with the 9th Lancers, then travelled widely while working as a foreign correspondent.
      • After ten years of further purchase, he gained command of the 17th Lancers.
      • The smart regiments in the Indian army were the guys with the Lancers and the Gurkhas.
      • Colin Baker had learned to ride horses while commanding the Hunter River lancers from 1983-86 as a member of the Army reserve.
      • He was put in the 17 / 21st Lancers and was in the Reserves in 1939 when he was invited to train for service in the Military Police.
      • The men, from the Queen's Royal Lancers, were named as Corporal Adams and Trooper Clarke.
      • He spent the war years as a Regimental Officer, 9th Lancers, then, when invalided out in 1944, as instructor at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
      • He served in World War I in the Royal Flying Corps and the 16th Lancers.
  • 2lancerstreated as singular A quadrille for eight or sixteen pairs.

    由8或16对舞者组成的方阵舞

    Example sentencesExamples
    • She whirls by in the Valse, or glides in front of them in the Lancers.
    • The Lancers Quadrille was full of grace, with its salutes and its bows, its slow and solemn movement.
    • I just went to Thomson's around the time of the First War where they learned you quadrilles and lancers.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French lancier, from lance 'a lance'.

Rhymes

advancer, answer, chancer, dancer, enhancer, prancer

Definition of lancer in US English:

lancer

nounˈlænsərˈlansər
  • 1historical A soldier of a cavalry regiment armed with lances.

    〈史〉(长矛骑兵团的)长矛骑兵

    Example sentencesExamples
    • But when free of the classroom, he transforms himself into the role of the leader of an elite corps of Polish lancers in Napoleon's army.
    • If at that moment, the swordsman lunges, forcing the lance to the outside, he is safe and the lancer is at his mercy.
    • Curiously, perhaps anticipating a conflict with Eastern European cavalry forces, his manual also contains advice in facing a charge against lancers.
    • Twenty-four regiments formed part of the Restoration army, but subsequent restructuring reduced this number as some were converted to lancers.
    • In fact, the lancers were a minority of those who charged: only one regiment of lancers, but two each of hussars and light dragoons.
    • To a troop of war-hardened lancers from the 19th century, they would have looked like giant steel-toothed beetles crawling across the parade ground.
    Synonyms
    mounted troops, cavalrymen, horse soldiers, troopers, horse
  • 2lancerstreated as singular A quadrille for eight or sixteen pairs.

    由8或16对舞者组成的方阵舞

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Lancers Quadrille was full of grace, with its salutes and its bows, its slow and solemn movement.
    • I just went to Thomson's around the time of the First War where they learned you quadrilles and lancers.
    • She whirls by in the Valse, or glides in front of them in the Lancers.

Origin

Late 16th century: from French lancier, from lance ‘a lance’.

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