1
- a rank of non-commissioned officer in the army, above lance corporal or private first class and below sergeant下士。
2
- (亦作 ship's corporal)Brit. historical a petty officer who attended solely to police matters, under the master-at-arms〈英, 史〉(舰艇的)纠察长助理。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from French, obsolete variant of caporal, from Italian caporale, probably based on Latin corpus, corpor- 'body (of troops)', with a change of spelling in Italian due to association with capo 'head'.
- of or relating to the human body(与)身体(有关)的; (与)肉体(有关)的。
派生词
corporally
adverb词源
late Middle English: via Old French from Latin corporalis, from corpus, corpor- 'body'.