rifleman

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɹaɪ̯fəlmən/|[ˈɹʷaɪ̯fəlmən] ~ [ˈɹʷaɪ̯fl̩mn̩]    美 /ˈɹaɪ̯fəlmən/|[ˈɹʷaɪ̯fəlmən] ~ [ˈɹʷaɪ̯fl̩mn̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A soldier trained to use a rifle as a primary weapon.
    — The riflemen had not been issued their weapons yet, and hence they trained with wooden mock-up rifles.
  2. A person especially skilled in the use of a rifle.
    — She was quite the rifleman and could pick off a squirrels with a .22 from across the field with amazing accuracy.
  3. A small wrenlike insectivorous passerine bird endemic to New Zealand, Acanthisitta chloris, the titipounamu.

词形变化

riflemen plural

词汇关系

衍生词
riflemanship
相关词
infantry musketeer

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyp-
Proto-Germanic *rīfaną
Proto-Germanic *-lōną
Proto-Germanic *rīfilōną
Proto-West Germanic *rīfilōn
Frankish *rīffilōnbor.
Old French riflerbor.
Middle English riflen
English rifle
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Middle English man
Middle English -man
English -man
English rifleman
From rifle + -man.
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