rifleman
/ˈraɪflmən/noun
(pl. -men /-mən/)
1
- a soldier armed with a rifle, especially a private in a rifle regiment步枪手; 步兵(尤指步兵团的列兵)。
1.1
- a person skilled at using a rifle擅用步枪的人。
2
- a very small, short-tailed, greenish-yellow songbird which feeds on insects on tree bark, native to New Zealand(新西兰)刺鹩。
- ORIGIN: perhaps so named from a comparison between its plumage and an early military uniform.
2.1
- Acanthisitta chloris, family Xenicidae.拉丁名Acanthisitta chloris,异鹩科。