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- a person who serves in an army军人。
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- （亦作common soldier或private soldier）a private in an army士兵, 列兵, 普通兵。
2
- Entomology a wingless caste of ant or termite with a large specially modified head and jaws, involved chiefly in defence【昆】兵蚁。
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- Brit. informal a strip of bread or toast, used for dipping into a soft-boiled egg〈英, 非正式〉（用于蘸半熟的煮蛋, 即溏心蛋, 一起吃的）面包条, 土司条。
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- usu. as modifier an upright brick, timber, or other building element垂直的砖（或木头等建筑材料）。
no obj.
1- serve as a soldier从军; 当兵：
as noun soldiering soldiering was what the Colonel understood.上校懂的就是军人生活。
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soldier on
informal carry on doggedly; persevere〈非正式〉固执; 坚持：Graham wasn't enjoying this, but he soldiered on.
格雷厄姆并不喜欢这个, 但他还是坚持下来了。
派生词
soldierly
adjectivesoldiership
noun （〈古〉）词源
Middle English: from Old French soldier, from soulde '（soldier's） pay'， from Latin solidus （see SOLIDUS）. The verb dates from the early 17th cent.