| 释义 |
soldier/ˈsəʊldʒə/ n. & v.●n. 1 a person serving in or having served in an army 军人 2 (in full 全称 common soldier) a private or NCO in an army 士兵，列兵 3 a military commander of specified ability 军事家 a great soldier 一位伟大的军事家 4 (in full 全称 soldier ant) a wingless ant or termite with a large head and jaws for fighting in defence of its colony (无翅膀、大头和大上颚的)兵蚁 5 (in full 全称 soldier beetle) a carnivorous beetle of the family Cantharidae, with soft reddish wing-cases (食肉、有红色软翅膀的)寄居蟹 6 colloq. a finger of bread for dipping into a soft-boiled egg [口] (手指宽的)一片(烤)面包 ●v. intr. serve as a soldier 当兵，从军 was off soldiering 结束兵役 □ soldier on colloq. persevere doggedly [口]坚持不懈，百折不挠 □ soldierly adj.□ soldiership n.[Middle English souder etc. via Old French soudier, soldier, from soulde ‘(soldier's) pay’, from Latin solidus: see SOLIDUS] |