Marshal

['mɑːʃ(ə)l] or ['mɑrʃəl]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law.

(noun.) (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank.

(verb.) arrange in logical order; 'marshal facts or arguments'.

(verb.) place in proper rank; 'marshal the troops'.

(verb.) lead ceremoniously, as in a procession.

編輯:奥马尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) Originally, an officer who had the care of horses; a groom.

(n.) An officer of high rank, charged with the arrangement of ceremonies, the conduct of operations, or the like

(n.) One who goes before a prince to declare his coming and provide entertainment; a harbinger; a pursuivant.

(n.) One who regulates rank and order at a feast or any other assembly, directs the order of procession, and the like.

(n.) The chief officer of arms, whose duty it was, in ancient times, to regulate combats in the lists.

(n.) The highest military officer.

(n.) A ministerial officer, appointed for each judicial district of the United States, to execute the process of the courts of the United States, and perform various duties, similar to those of a sheriff. The name is also sometimes applied to certain police officers of a city.

(v. t.) To dispose in order; to arrange in a suitable manner; as, to marshal troops or an army.

(v. t.) To direct, guide, or lead.

(v. t.) To dispose in due order, as the different quarterings on an escutcheon, or the different crests when several belong to an achievement.

整理:瓦莱丽

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Arrange, range, rank, dispose, array, draw up, set in order.

海丝特編輯

同義詞及反義詞：

[See ORDER_and_ARRANGE]

編輯:朗达

解釋/意思:

n. an officer charged with the regulation of ceremonies preservation of order points of etiquette &c.: the chief officer who regulated combats in the lists: a pursuivant or harbinger: a herald: in France an officer of the highest military rank: (U.S.) the civil officer of a district corresponding to the sheriff of a county in England.—v.t. to arrange in order: to lead as a herald:—pr.p. mar′shalling; pa.t. and pa.p. mar′shalled.—ns. Mar′shaller one who marshals; Mar′shalling act of arranging in due order; Mar′shalsea till 1842 a prison in Southwark under the marshal of the royal household; Mar′shalship office of marshal.

整理:玛丽斯