perdu
名词 n.
形容词 adj.
英 /pəˈdjuː/
英文释义
名词 n.
- One placed on watch, or in ambush.
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A soldier sent on a forlorn hope.
— To watch, poor perdu, / With this thin helm?
形容词 adj.
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Stationed in an exposed or hazardous position; hidden in ambush. Originally as sentinel perdu.
— a perdue captain
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In a dangerous situation; lost, desperate.
— Among certain grizzled sea-gossips of the gun decks and forecastle went a rumor perdue […]
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Hidden; concealed from sight. Chiefly with lie.
— He should lie Perdue who is to walk the round.
词源
词源 1
Borrowed from Middle French perdu, originally after sentinelle perdue.
词源 2
Borrowed from Middle French perdu, originally after sentinelle perdue.
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