weekend warrior

短语

(周末参加锻炼或劳动的)周末战士; 参加所属部队周末会议的预备役军人

发音

AU

词形变化

weekend warriors 复数 weekend warriors

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A part-time soldier, or reservist.

    Such was the pace with which I, and many like me, the so called ‘weekend warriors’ or Territorial Army, were hoisted aboard the Gulf War battle wagon.

  2. 2.

    A person who indulges in a sport or pastime on an infrequent basis, usually on weekends when work commitments are not present.

    幽默

    The most common foot-related injury I see for the weekend warrior is heel pain.

    Whoever camped here was no weekend warrior neither because round the tanks I saw old kero tins with veggies growing in them.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 3

homeowner householder reservist

词源

From weekend + warrior. First use appears c. 1931.

来源：wiktionary