prisoner of war

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战俘

发音

UK /ˈpɹɪz.(ə).nə əv ˈwɔː/
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US /ˈpɹɪz.(ə).nɚ əv ˈwoɹ/

词形变化

prisoners of war 复数 prisoners of war

别名

P.O.W. POW PW

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A combatant or soldier who is captured by an enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict.

    战俘

    俘虏

    As a prisoner of war, he was interrogated by his enemy captors.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

上位词 2

词源

Calque of French prisonnier de guerre, prisonier de guerre (obsolete).

来源:wiktionary