Pioneer
[paɪə'nɪə] or [,paɪə'nɪr]
解释:
(noun.) one the first colonists or settlers in a new territory; 'they went west as pioneers with only the possessions they could carry with them'.
(noun.) someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art.
(verb.) open up and explore a new area; 'pioneer space'.
(verb.) open up an area or prepare a way; 'She pioneered a graduate program for women students'.
录入:史黛西--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A soldier detailed or employed to form roads, dig trenches, and make bridges, as an army advances.
(n.) One who goes before, as into the wilderness, preparing the way for others to follow; as, pioneers of civilization; pioneers of reform.
(v. t. & i.) To go before, and prepare or open a way for; to act as pioneer.
柯蒂斯校对
解释:
n. one of a party of soldiers who clear the road before an army sink mines &c.: one who goes before to prepare the way for others.—v.t. to act as pioneer to.—ns. Pī′oner (Shak.) a pioneer; Pī′oning (Spens.) the work of pioneers: military works.
编辑:兰尼
例句:
- The intense enthusiasm of this pioneer beekeeper was contagious and resulted in many taking up beekeeping. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- This was the pioneer of the automatic system which by later improvements is able to send over a thousand words a minute. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Its pioneer form may be traced back to the Middle Ages, when heavy weights were lifted by aid of an apparatus worked by hand power. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- I don't think it signifies two straws about the 'Pioneer,' or Ladislaw, or Brooke's speechifying to the Middlemarchers. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Many of these pioneer students and workmen became afterward large and successful contractors, or have filled positions of distinction as managers and superintendents of central stations. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- As early as 1804, the first company ever organized for gas lighting was formed in London, one side of Pall Mall being lit up by the enthusiastic pioneer, Winsor, in 1807. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- In pioneer times, for example, outside occupations gave a definite and valuable intellectual and moral training. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- It was this expert and this company who pioneered high-conductivity copper for the electrical trade. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- It seems as if I had been pioneered invisibly, as if some dissolving force had gone before me: for myself, I have scarce made an effort. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- It was seen that the volunteers of the Mexican war largely composed the pioneers to settle up the Pacific coast country. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Dowsing, one of the pioneers of electric cooking, exhibited electric cookers and heaters at the Crystal Palace Electrical Exposition in London, was much interest manifested. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Papin in 1695, Savary in 1698, and Newcomen in 1705, were the pioneers of Watt, and gave to him a good working basis. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The earliest ships on the sea were either Sumerian or Hamitic; the Semitic peoples followed close upon these pioneers. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- The Androscoggin Pulp Mill, established in Maine in 1870, was one of the pioneers in this field. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Among the pioneers was one which received the round bunch between two compressing jaws, and pressed it flat. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
- They were grateful to those others, the pioneers, the new owners, who had opened out the pits, and let forth this stream of plenty. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
- In the housing of the people the telephone is a pioneering agent for better conditions. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
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