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
英文詞源
- yeomanry (n.)
- "yeomen collectively," late 14c., from yeoman + -ry.
實(shí)用場(chǎng)景例句
- 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.
期刊摘選
- 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.
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