policeman

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A police officer, usually a male.
    — The policeman who arrests the "Red" does not understand the theories the "Red" is preaching; if he did, his own position as bodyguard of the monied class might seem less pleasant to him.
  2. A glass rod capped at one end with rubber, used in a chemistry laboratory for gravimetric analysis.
  3. Any skipper of the genus Coeliades.
  4. Synonym of enforcer.
    — A team may have a policeman or enforcer.

词形变化

policemen plural

词汇关系

衍生词
community policeman military policeman policemanish policemanlike policemanly policeman of the Gulf policeman's helmet policemanship silent policeman sleeping policeman world policeman
相关词
constable

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tpelH-
Proto-Hellenic *ptólis
Ancient Greek πόλις (pólis)
Proto-Indo-European *-tósder.
Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)
Ancient Greek πολῑ́της (polī́tēs)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)
Ancient Greek πολῑτείᾱ (polīteíā)bor.
Latin politiabor.
Middle French policeder.
English police
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English policeman
From police + -man.
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