Yeoman
['jəʊmən] or ['jomən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) in former times was free and cultivated his own land.
(noun.) officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch.
霍奇編輯--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A common man, or one of the commonly of the first or most respectable class; a freeholder; a man free born.
(n.) A servant; a retainer.
(n.) A yeoman of the guard; also, a member of the yeomanry cavalry.
(n.) An interior officer under the boatswain, gunner, or carpenters, charged with the stowage, account, and distribution of the stores.
整理:皮尔斯
同義詞及近義詞:
n. Freeholder, commoner, farmer.
整理:普雷斯利
解釋/意思:
n. in early English history a common menial attendant but after the fifteenth century one of a class of small freeholders forming the next grade below gentlemen: a man of small estate any small farmer or countryman above the grade of labourer: an officer of the royal household: a member of the yeomanry cavalry: (Shak.) a journeyman assistant: a gentleman in a royal or noble household ranking between a sergeant and a groom.—adj. Yeo′manly of yeoman's rank: humble and honest.—adv. staunchly bravely.—n. Yeo′manry the collective body of yeomen or smaller freeholders: a cavalry volunteer force in Great Britain formed during the wars of the French Revolution its organisation by counties under the lords-lieutenant raised and drilled locally the men providing their own horses and uniform.—Yeomen of the guard a veteran company of picked soldiers employed in conjunction with the gentlemen-at-arms on grand occasions as the sovereign's bodyguard—constituted a corps in 1485 by Henry VII. and still wearing the costume of that period; Yeoman's service powerful aid such as came from the yeomen in the English armies of early times.
手打:玛莎
例句/造句/用法:
- Good fruit, Sir Knight, said the yeoman, will sometimes grow on a sorry tree; and evil times are not always productive of evil alone and unmixed. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Gramercy for the gift, bold yeoman, said the Knight; and better help than thine and thy rangers would I never seek, were it at my utmost need. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Why, hermit, was the yeoman's first question as soon as he beheld the knight, what boon companion hast thou here? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Under favour, sir, replied the yeoman, I have another reason for refraining to shoot, besides the fearing discomfiture and disgrace. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I always add my hollo, said the yeoman, when I see a good shot, or a gallant blow. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- It was she, then, said the yeoman, who was carried off by the proud Templar, when he broke through our ranks on yester-even. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- He satisfied himself, however, with commanding the men-at-arms, who surrounded the lists, to keep an eye on the braggart, pointing to the yeoman. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Well blown and clearly, said the yeoman; beshrew me an thou knowest not as much of woodcraft as of war! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Thus equipped, the locomotive was found quite satisfactory, and long did yeoman service. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- Prince John coloured as he put the question, What is thy name, yeoman? 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I should in that case hold you, replied the yeoman, a friend to the weaker party. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I thought you were a first-class yeoman, Karkov said. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Marius made no attempt on the model of the Gracchi to restore the backbone of the army by rehabilitating the yeoman class. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- The stout yeoman Locksley was the first who was aware of it, as he was hasting to the outwork, impatient to see the progress of the assault. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Locksley, answered the yeoman. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Hence, when his name was casually mentioned by neighbouring yeomen, the listener said, Ah, Clym Yeobright--what is he doing now? 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- De Bracy bowed low and in silence, and was about to withdraw, when the yeomen burst at once into a shout of execration and derision. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Beneath this tree four or five yeomen lay stretched on the ground, while another, as sentinel, walked to and fro in the moonlight shade. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- And, between two yeomen, was brought before the silvan throne of the outlaw Chief, our old friend, Prior Aymer of Jorvaulx. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Say as thou list, Wamba, replied the Knight, these yeomen did thy master Cedric yeomanly service at Torquilstone. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Keep a close watch on them therefore; and dispatch one of your comrades, the lightest of foot, to bring the news of the yeomen thereabout. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Then, Locksley, said Prince John, thou shalt shoot in thy turn, when these yeomen have displayed their skill. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Three mots on this bugle will, I am assured, bring round, at our need, a jolly band of yonder honest yeomen. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Prince John stepped from his royal seat to view more nearly the persons of these chosen yeomen, several of whom wore the royal livery. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- If any of the old English yeomen had turned into fairies when they died, it was just the place in which they would have held their revels. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- But the leader of the yeomen led him aside. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Squires, pages, and yeomen in rich liveries, waited around this place of honour, which was designed for Prince John and his attendants. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- No--only a few outlawed yeomen were around him, and to these his person is unknown. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The yeomen guard the streets in seemly bands; And clowns come crowding on, with cudgels in their hands. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The yeomen and commons, said De Bracy, must not be dismissed discontented, for lack of their share in the sports. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
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