colonel

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n. 陆军上校, 长官

发音

UK /ˈkɜː.nl̩/
US /ˈkɝ.nl̩/
US
IN /ˈkər(ɵ)nəl/
IN /ˈkɜ(rɵ)nəl/

词形变化

colonels 复数 colonels coloneled coloneling colonelled colonelling colonels 三单 coloneling 现在分词 colonelling 现在分词 coloneled 过去式 coloneled 过去分词 colonelled 过去式 colonelled 过去分词

别名

Col. coronal cunnel coronel col.

教材释义与例句

名词

陆军上校

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A commissioned officer in an armed military organization, typically the highest rank before flag officer ranks (generals). It is generally found in armies, air forces or naval infantry (marines).

    上校

  2. 2.

    A military leader, distinct from the modern professional military rank.

    历史
  3. 3.

    An honorary civilian title bestowed by some southern US states, most commonly Kentucky; notably Colonel Sanders of KFC.

  4. 4.

    An informal title used to address an elderly man.

    过时
  5. 5.

    A form of address for an auctioneer, from the American Civil War practice of commanding officers organizing the public sale of seized goods.

    美国
v.
  1. 1.

    To act as or like a colonel.

    不及物

词汇关系

名词

下位词 1

lieutenant colonel

相关短语

lieutenant colonel n. 陆军中校 Colonel Blimp [网络] Blimp上校 Colonel Blimps Colonel Sanders 桑德斯上校（肯德基的创始人） colonel general 陆军一级上将 colonel generals colonel commandant chickens for Colonel Sanders bird colonel <美俚>陆军上校 full bird colonel chicken colonel <美俚>陆军上校 senior colonel 大校 Lieutenant Colonel lieutenants colonel Kentucky Colonel

词源

First attested in the 1540s, from Middle French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello (“the officer of a small company of soldiers (column) that marched at the head of a regiment”), from compagnia colonnella (“little column company”), from Latin columna (“pillar”), originally a collateral form of columen, contraction culmen (“a pillar, top, crown, summit”), o-grade form from a Proto-Indo-European *kelH- (“to rise, be elevated, be prominent”). See hill, holm. The French spelling was reformed late 16th century. The English spelling was modified in 1580s in learned writing to conform to the Italian form (via translations of Italian military manuals), and differing pronunciations (either with "r" or "l") coexisted until around 1650, where it came to be pronounced with "r" only. Spanish and Portuguese coronel, also from Italian, shows similar evolution by dissimilation and perhaps by influence of corona.

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