cannon fodder

短语

炮灰

发音

其它

别名

cannonfodder

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Military forces considered to be expendable.

    炮灰

    不可数
  2. 2.

    Any group of contestants that have no hope of success.

    不可数 引申义
  3. 3.

    Artillery ammunition.

    罕用 不可数
  4. 4.

    An expendable minor character primarily included to make the protagonist(s) stand out.

    俚语 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

fodder

上位词 1

soldier

词源

Mid-19th century, from cannon (“artillery piece”) + fodder (“food”), a calque of German Kanonenfutter, itself possibly a calque of English food for powder. See the German for more.

来源：wiktionary