Pioneer
[paɪə'nɪə] or [,paɪə'nɪr]
解釋/意思:
(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'.
錄入:史黛西--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(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.
柯蒂斯校對
解釋/意思:
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.
編輯:兰尼
例句/造句/用法:
- The intense enthusiasm of this pioneer beekeeper was contagious and resulted in many taking up beekeeping. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- 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. 十九世紀發明進展.
- 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. 神奇的知識之書.
- I don't think it signifies two straws about the 'Pioneer,' or Ladislaw, or Brooke's speechifying to the Middlemarchers. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- In pioneer times, for example, outside occupations gave a definite and valuable intellectual and moral training. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- It was this expert and this company who pioneered high-conductivity copper for the electrical trade. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- 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. 維萊特.
- 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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- 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. 神奇的知識之書.
- 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. 十九世紀發明進展.
- The earliest ships on the sea were either Sumerian or Hamitic; the Semitic peoples followed close upon these pioneers. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The Androscoggin Pulp Mill, established in Maine in 1870, was one of the pioneers in this field. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世紀發明進展.
- 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. 世紀發明.
- They were grateful to those others, the pioneers, the new owners, who had opened out the pits, and let forth this stream of plenty. 大衛·赫伯特·勞倫斯. 戀愛中的女人.
- In the housing of the people the telephone is a pioneering agent for better conditions. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
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