yeomanry
英 ['j??m?nr?]
美['jom?nri]
- n. 自由民;自耕農(nóng);(英)義勇騎兵隊(duì)
英英釋意
- 1. class of small freeholders who cultivated their own land
- 2. a British volunteer cavalry force organized in 1761 for home defense later incorporated into the Territorial Army
雙語例句
- 1. Better be the head of the yeomanry than the tail of the gentry.
- 寧做自由民之首,不居貴族之末.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. He had been Lord Marchmain's servant in the yeomanry.
- 他原來在義勇騎兵隊(duì)給馬奇梅因勛爵當(dāng)隨從.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)