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- a gesture of respect, homage, or polite recognition or acknowledgement, especially one made to or by a person when arriving or departing（尤指到场或离场时的）致意; 致敬; 敬礼：
he raises his arms in a triumphant salute.
他举起双臂以示胜利。
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- a prescribed or specified movement, typically a raising of a hand to the head, made by a member of a military or similar force as a formal sign of respect or recognition（尤指军人等的）敬礼; 敬礼姿势。
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- often with modifier the discharge of a gun or guns as a formal or ceremonial sign of respect or celebration鸣礼炮：
a twenty-one-gun salute.
21响的礼炮。
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- Fencing the formal performance of certain guards or other movements by fencers before engaging【剑】举剑致敬。
with obj.
1- make a formal salute to向…致敬; 向…行礼：
don't you usually salute a superior officer?
你平常不向上级军官敬礼吗？
no obj. he clicked his heels and saluted.他喀嚓一声立正敬礼。
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- greet向…打招呼, 向…致意, 问候：
he saluted her with a smile.
他微笑着跟她打招呼。
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- show or express admiration and respect for向…致敬; 称赞, 颂扬：
we salute a truly great photographer.
我们称赞一位真正了不起的摄影师。
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- with obj. and complement archaic hail (someone) as having a particular high office〈古〉欢呼拥戴：
he was saluted king when he entered into Jerusalem.
当他抵达耶路撒冷时被欢呼着拥戴为国王。
短语
salute the judge
- Austrial. informal (of a horse) win a race〈澳, 非正式〉（马）赢得比赛; 获胜。
take the salute
- (of a senior officer in the armed forces or other person of importance) acknowledge formally a salute given by a body of troops marching past（武装部队高级军官或其他要人向受检阅部队）行答礼, 接受敬礼。
派生词
saluter
noun词源
late Middle English: from Latin salutare 'greet, pay one's respects to', from salus, salut- 'health, welfare, greeting'; the noun partly from Old French salut.