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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- soldier ['səulʤər]
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noun
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士兵
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1.
noun
[c]
士兵
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
Collins English-English Dictionary
- soldier ['səυlʤə]
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n
common soldier a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
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n
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n
a person who serves or has served in an army
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n
a person who works diligently for a cause
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n
a low-ranking member of the Mafia or other organized crime ring
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n
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n
[zoology]
an individual in a colony of social insects, esp ants, that has powerful jaws adapted for defending the colony, crushing large food particles, etc
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n
(as modifier)
- soldier ant
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n
[informal]
a strip of bread or toast that is dipped into a soft-boiled egg
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vi.
[intr]
to serve as a soldier
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[obsolete slang]
to malinger or shirk
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[Etymology]
C13: from Old French soudier, from soude (army) pay, from Late Latin solidus a gold coin, from Latin: firm
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n
common soldier a noncommissioned member of an army as opposed to a commissioned officer
Examples
- a career soldier
- 职业军人 → career
- a common soldier
- 普通战士，士兵 → common
- It is rough to be a soldier in Iraq.
- 在伊拉克当兵是很艰苦的。 → rough
- After serving as a soldier in Afghanistan, he took up a new job in Seoul.
- 他在阿富汗服役归来之后，在首尔找了份新工作。 → Afghanistan
- The children are playing a soldier game.
- 孩子们在玩儿打仗的游戏。 → soldier
- He is a retired soldier.
- 他是名退伍战士。 → soldier
- He wants to be a soldier.
- 他想当兵。 → soldier
- The abilities of a soldier are never known until they have been blooded.
- 只有经历过战火，才知道一个士兵是否是将才。 → blood
- to exempt a soldier from drill → exempt
- a foot soldier → foot
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