civilian

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A person following the pursuits of civil life, especially one who is not an active member of the armed forces.
    — An army never can be commanded or controlled by civilians.
  2. A person who does not belong to a particular group or engage in a particular activity, an outsider. informal
    — I have this vision one day that I'll walk amongst you a regular civilian.
  3. One skilled in civil law.
    — Ancient civilians and writers upon government.
  4. A student of civil law at a university or college.
    — although he kept his name in the college books, and changed his commoner gown to that of a civilian, yet he had now, I believe, no thoughts of proceeding to any degree; and seldom resided in college any more
  5. A person not affiliated with a gang. slang
  6. An employee of the civil service. Indian-English
形容词 adj.
  1. Not related to the military, police or other governmental professions. not-comparable
    — The three detainees were actually army defectors wearing civilian clothing.

词形变化

civilians plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien. Equivalent to civil + -ian.
词源 2
From Middle English cyvylien, from Old French civilien. Equivalent to civil + -ian.
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