dragoon

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n. 龙骑兵, 骑兵, 暴徒 vt. 以武力迫害, 弹压, 强制

发音

UK /dɹəˈɡuːn/
其它
US /dɹəˈɡun/
US /ˌdɹæˈɡun/

词形变化

dragoons 复数 dragoons dragooned dragooning dragoons 三单 dragooning 现在分词 dragooned 过去式 dragooned 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Synonym of dragon (“a type of musket with a short, large-calibre barrel and a flared muzzle, metaphorically exhaling fire like a mythical dragon”).

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  2. 2.

    Originally (historical), a soldier armed with a dragoon musket (noun sense 1.1) who fought both on foot and mounted on a horse; now, a cavalier or horse soldier from a regiment formerly armed with such muskets.

    龙骑兵

    政治 军事 引申义
  3. 3.

    A man with a fierce or unrefined manner, like a dragoon (noun sense 1.2).

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  4. 4.

    A variety of pigeon, originally a cross between a horseman and a tumbler.

v.
  1. 1.

    To subject (a Huguenot) to the dragonnades (“a policy instituted by Louis XIV of France in 1681 to intimidate Protestant Huguenots to convert to Roman Catholicism by billeting dragoons (noun sense 1.2) in their homes to abuse them and destroy or steal their possessions”).

    历史 及物 宗教 政治
  2. 2.

    Chiefly followed by into: to force (someone) into doing something through harassment and intimidation; to coerce.

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  3. 3.

    To cause (someone) to be attacked by dragoons.

    历史 及物 政治 军事 引申义

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

trooper
动词

同义词 2

railroad sandbag

上位词 7

force pressure subject squeeze hale coerce subjugate

相关短语

dragoon bird dragoon birds

词源

The noun is borrowed from French dragon (“dragon (mythological creature); type of cavalry soldier, dragoon”) (originally referring to a soldier armed with the firearm of the same name (noun sense 1.1)), ultimately from Latin dracō (“dragon; kind of serpent or snake”), from Ancient Greek δρᾰ́κων (drắkōn, “dragon; serpent”), possibly from δέρκομαι (dérkomai, “to see, see clearly (in the sense of something staring)”), from Proto-Indo-European *derḱ- (“to see”)). Doublet of Draco, dracone, and dragon. The verb is either derived: * from the noun; or * from French dragonner (“to force (someone) into doing something, coerce; to torment (oneself)”), from dragon (noun) (see above) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first-conjugation verbs).

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