rifleman

n. 步枪射手, 步兵

发音

US /ˈɹaɪ̯fəlmən/
UK /ˈɹaɪ̯fəlmən/
US /ˈɹʷaɪ̯fəlmən] ~ [ˈɹʷaɪ̯fl̩mn̩/
UK /ˈɹʷaɪ̯fəlmən] ~ [ˈɹʷaɪ̯fl̩mn̩/
/ˈɹɐɪ̯fəlmən/
/ˈɹʷɐɪ̯fəlmən] ~ [ˈɹʷɐɪ̯fl̩mn̩/

词形变化

riflemen 复数 riflemen

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A soldier trained to use a rifle as a primary weapon.

    The riflemen had not been issued their weapons yet, and hence they trained with wooden mock-up rifles.

  2. 2.

    A person especially skilled in the use of a rifle.

    She was quite the rifleman and could pick off a squirrels with a .22 from across the field with amazing accuracy.

  3. 3.

    A small wrenlike insectivorous passerine bird endemic to New Zealand, Acanthisitta chloris, the titipounamu.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

man rifler

词源

From rifle + -man.

来源：wiktionary