constabulary

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a. 警察的, 警官的 n. 警官队, 警察

发音

其它 /kənˈstæbjʊləɹi/

词形变化

constabularies 复数 constabularies

别名

constablery constabularie constabular

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A police force.

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  2. 2.

    The police in a particular district or area.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    Of or relating to constables.

  2. 2.

    Characteristic of police; police-like, rather than military.

    Constabulary missions are different from fighting wars.

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词源

From mediaeval Latin conestabularia, a noun use of the feminine version of conestabularius, from Latin constabulus, from comes stabuli, literally ‘master of the stables’.

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