• n. 步兵；步兵團(tuán)

來自infant,嬰兒。原用于指騎兵中的部卒，后用于指步兵。

infantry (n.)

1570s, from French infantrie, from older Italian, Spanish infanteria "foot soldiers, force composed of those too inexperienced or low in rank for cavalry," from infante "foot soldier," originally "a youth," from Latin infantem (see infant). Meaning "infants collectively" is recorded from 1610s. A Middle English (c. 1200) word for "foot-soldiers" was going-folc, literally "going-folk."

1. The government drove the guerrillas off with infantry and air strikes.

政府用步兵和空襲擊退了游擊隊(duì)。

來自柯林斯例句

2. The infantry would use hit and run tactics to slow attacking forces.

步兵團(tuán)可能會(huì)使用打了就跑的戰(zhàn)術(shù)來阻滯進(jìn)攻部隊(duì)。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The infantry divisions mopped up remaining centres of resistance.

陸軍各師肅清了殘余的抵抗據(jù)點(diǎn)。

來自柯林斯例句

4. The division will consist of two tank companies and one infantry company.

這個(gè)師的組成部隊(duì)將包括兩個(gè)坦克連和一個(gè)步兵連。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The Belgians fell back as the infantry came under fire.

步兵團(tuán)受到火力攻擊時(shí)比利時(shí)人向后撤退。

來自柯林斯例句