Dragoon
[drə'guːn] or [drə'ɡun]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen.
(verb.) subjugate by imposing troops.
(verb.) compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; 'They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone'.
手打:利--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man.
(n.) A variety of pigeon.
(v. t.) To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers.
(v. t.) To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute.
校對:帕蒂
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Horse-soldier, CHASSEUR, cavalier, equestrian, mounted soldier.
v. a. Compel, force, drive.
編輯:纽曼
解釋/意思:
n. formerly a soldier trained to fight either on horseback or on foot now applied only to heavy cavalry as opposed to hussars and lancers.—v.t. to give up to the rage of soldiers: to compel by violent measures.—n. Dragoon′-bird the umbrella-bird.
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娱乐性解釋/意思：
n. A soldier who combines dash and steadiness in so equal measure that he makes his advances on foot and his retreats on horseback.
手打:纳塔利
例句/造句/用法:
- He looked as pale as the midnight dragoon who came to disturb Leonora. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- I accused her of the fact, continued his lordship, and refused to promise secrecy till she had made me as happy as she had made the young dragoon. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- O Gad--really--Miss Rebecca, the heavy dragoon interposed. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Come here's grammar, the dragoon interposed. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- You're an independent dragoon, too! 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- If George the vagabond dragoon had any hand in it, he was only an accomplice, and was set on. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- He used to be slender as an eel, and now I fancy in him a sort of heavy dragoon bent--a beef-eater tendency. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- There was also a cavalry corps under General Harney, composed of detachments of the 1st, 2d, and 3d dragoons. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- I recorded therefore my first choice, dragoons; second, 4th infantry; and got the latter. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- They captured two companies of dragoons, commanded by Captains Thornton and Hardee. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Colonel Twiggs, with seven companies of dragoons and a battery of light artillery, moved on the 8th. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Brummell, as Julia always declared, was, when in the 10th Dragoons, a very handsome young man. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- I left my measurement with a tailor, with directions not to make the uniform until I notified him whether it was to be for infantry or dragoons. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Sheridan, who was up with him last night, reports all that is left, horse, foot, and dragoons, at twenty thousand, much demoralized. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
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