英:[ˈvetərən]
美:[ˈvetərən]
英:[ˈvetərən]
美:[ˈvetərən]
vet·er·an
ve t rn
复数:veterans
Noun
1. a serviceman who has seen considerable active service;
"the veterans laughed at the new recruits"
2. a person who has served in the armed forces
3. an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
Adjective
1. rendered competent through trial and experience;
"troops seasoned in combat"
"a seasoned traveler"
"veteran steadiness"
"a veteran officer"
约于1500年,指“老练的士兵”,源自法语 vétéran,源自拉丁语 veteranus,“老的,年迈的,长期使用的”,尤指士兵; 作为复数名词,“老兵”,源自 vetus(属格 veteris),“老的,年迈的,年龄较大的; 旧时的”,作为复数名词 vetores,“古人,祖先”,源自 PIE *wet-es-,源自词根 *wet-(2)“年”(源头还包括梵语 vatsa- “年”,希腊语 etos “年”,赫梯语 witish “年”,古教会斯拉夫语 vetuchu “老”,古立陶宛语 vetušas “老,年迈”; 并比较 wether)。拉丁语 vetus 也是意大利语 vecchio,法语 vieux,西班牙语 viejo 的最终来源。普遍意义上的“在任何职位或职务上服务时间长的人”始见于1590年代。形容词首次记录于1610年代。
资格老的
Latin veteranus, from veteranus, adjective, old, of long experience, from veter-, vetus old — more at wether
The first known use of veteran was in 1509
vet1 of 2noun
veterinarian, veterinary
vet2 of 2noun
veteran
veto1 of 2noun
a forbidding of something by a person in authority
the power of the head of a government to prevent a bill passed by a legislature from becoming law
the use of such authority
veto2 of 2verb
prohibit sense 1especially: to use one's power of veto
veterinary1 of 2adjective
of, relating to, or being the medical care of animals
veterinary medicine
veterinary2 of 2noun
veterinarian
veterinariannoun
a person who is qualified and has been given the authority to treat diseases and injuries of animals
veterannoun
a person who has had long experience (as in politics or the arts)
a former member of the armed forces especially during wartime
veterannoun
a person who has had long experience (as in politics or the arts)
a former member of the armed forces especially during wartime
1 Fifteen thousand veterans made their way up Constitution Avenue toward the Wall.
2 In his grave, silent veteran’s way he was dependable and gentle.
3 Thomas Jones was a Confederate Secret Service veteran who had spent his entire life trailblazing through the fields, thickets, and forests of rural Maryland and navigating its streams, marshes, and rivers.
4 Hundreds of white veterans, recently returned from fighting in Europe, having been told that a conspiracy to murder white planters had begun, joined the posse.
5 Alice thought, No. It wasn’t the War and the disgruntled veterans; it wasn’t the droves and droves of colored people flocking to paychecks and streets full of themselves.
6 Even veteran U-2 pilots like Powers found it thrilling to take off in the powerful jet plane.
7 The Spanish infantry, who in a summer's campaign had acquired the..weather-beaten aspect of veterans.
8 When I visited the Vietnam memorial several years ago and began my quest to find and speak with veterans, I quickly realized I knew very little about the war and the politics surrounding it.
9 There was one Ruth who was always trying to impress the veterans, who wouldn’t hesitate to ignore me, Tommy, any of the others, if she thought we’d cramp her style.
10 To be sure, some injustice might be done the wartime veterans.
11 One veteran on board was Gilbert de la O. It had been sixteen tough years since he’d returned from Vietnam in 1966, and he wasn’t going to miss the dedication for anything.
12 This veteran worker taught his children to be honest.
这位老工人教育他的子女做人要诚实。
13 Out on the city streets of Washington, DC, Vietnam veterans were arriving by car, bus, plane, and even on foot.
14 Finley is expected to sign for the prorated veteran minimum.
芬利可能在几天内签一份老将底薪合约。
15 He now envisioned a cyclotron with a 4,500-ton magnet and pole faces of 184 inches, a scale that took away the breath of even Rad Lab veterans.
16 They are the veterans who come home mentally disturbed.
他们是带着精神障碍返回故乡的退伍军人.
17 In consequence I'm inclined to reserve all judgments, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and also made me the victim of not a few veteran bores.
18 At its head sauntered proud, battle-hardened veterans in turbans, long tunics, and sandals, who had started the struggle many years before.
19 In 1864, Woodhull divorced her husband, who had abandoned her, and married Colonel James Blood, a wounded Civil War veteran.
20 "I'm thirty-nine years old," their dad said, "and a decorated veteran. I'll say whatever the hell I want."
1 老练的人
2 经验丰富的
4 老手
dab sourdough stager oldster old-stager past master old bird old hand old soldier an old hand adept old-timer old stager fast worker leading hand pro expert practitioner shark proficient dabster oilbird
5 熟练
clean-fingered good complete perfect expert experienced handy skilled handsome accomplished proficient adept cunning skillful deft practiced masterly dexterous adroit up deftly artfully practice Art skill facility perfection proficiency mastery deftness adeptness adroitness mastership master rehearse in practice
7 复员军人
8 经验丰富的人
9 老练
way-wise old past expert smart practical gray experienced sophisticated seasoned ripe salty mellow salted cunning consummate thorough-paced knowingly practice skill gumption knowingness season complete master adept practiced tactful old-timey mellowly sophistication tact adeptness mellowness in practice diplomatic proficient skillful versed see the elephant know way around practised know what's what joind-up good mean knowing grey grey-haired
10 退伍的
11 老练的
way-wise old past expert smart practical gray experienced sophisticated seasoned ripe salty mellow salted cunning consummate thorough-paced complete master adept practiced tactful old-timey diplomatic proficient skillful versed practised joind-up good mean knowing grey grey-haired
13 熟练的
clean-fingered good complete perfect expert experienced handy skilled handsome accomplished proficient adept cunning skillful deft practiced masterly dexterous adroit
15 老爷车
16 退役军人