quartermaster

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈkwɔːtɚˌmɑːstə/    美 /ˈk(w)ɔɹtɚˌmæstɚ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An officer whose duty is to provide quarters, provisions, storage, clothing, fuel, stationery, and transportation for a regiment or other body of troops, and superintend the supplies. Master of quartering.
  2. A petty officer who attends to the helm, binnacle, signals, and the like, under the direction of the master. Once master of the quarterdeck.
  3. A leadership position within a troop whose responsibility it is to track and maintain the troop's equipment, for example stoves, Dutch ovens, utensils, and tents.
动词 v.
  1. To act as a quartermaster. ambitransitive

词形变化

quartermasters plural quarter-master alternative quarter master alternative quartermasters present,singular,third-person quartermastering participle,present quartermastered participle,past quartermastered past quarter-master alternative quarter master alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
Quarpel quartermaster general quartermasterly quartermaster sergeant quartermastership quartermaster train
并列词
baggage train wagonmaster

词源

词源 1
From Middle English quartermayster, quartermaistre, equivalent to quarter + master. Perhaps reinforced by and merged with Dutch kwartiermeester, kwartier-meester. Compare German Quartiermeister, French quartier-maître.
词源 2
From Middle English quartermayster, quartermaistre, equivalent to quarter + master. Perhaps reinforced by and merged with Dutch kwartiermeester, kwartier-meester. Compare German Quartiermeister, French quartier-maître.
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