Cossack

n. 哥萨克, 武装镇压队队员, 哥萨克轻骑兵, 哥萨克人 a. 哥萨克的, 哥萨克人的

发音

UK /ˈkɒsˌæk/
其它
US /ˈkɑsˌæk/
US /ˈkɔsˌæk/

词形变化

Cossacks 复数 Cossacks

别名

cossack Kasack Kosak kozak

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A member or descendant of an originally (semi-)nomadic population of Eastern Europe and the adjacent parts of Asia, formed in part of runaways from neighbouring countries, that eventually settled in parts of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian tsarist Empire and constituted a military caste, particularly in areas now comprising southern Russia and Ukraine.

    哥萨克

  2. 2.

    A member of a military unit (typically cavalry, originally recruited exclusively from the above).

  3. 3.

    A Ukrainian.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    A mercenary, a violent thug: a regular or irregular soldier, police officer or security guard employed to persecute or oppress disfavoured groups, such as Jews or (striking) workers.

    贬义

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

Slav

相关短语

Cossack post Cossack posts Cossack green cossack green Cossack hat Cossack greens cossack greens Cossack hats Cossack Hetmanate

词源

From Middle French cosaque, from Middle Polish Kozak, from , from Kipchak *qazaq (whence Armeno-Kipchak խազախ (xazax)), from Old Turkic 𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰸 (*qazǧaq, “profiteer”), from 𐰴𐰔𐰍𐰣𐰢𐰴 (qazǧanmaq, “to acquire”), from 𐰴𐰔𐰢𐰴 (qazmaq, “to dig out”), from Proto-Turkic *kaŕ-. Doublet of Kazakh. First appears c. 1587 in the writings of George Turberville.

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