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leatherneck

英 ['leðənek] 美 ['lɛðɚ,nɛk]

解释

n. 海军陆战队员

※ 提供单词"leatherneck"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。

英文词源

leatherneck (n.): "U.S. Marine," 1914, Navy slang, from leather + neck (n.). So called for the leather collars of their early uniforms; earlier in British use (1890) as a sailor's term for a soldier.

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例句和用法

1. A leatherneck or a grunt do not names to call someone.: 海军陆战队员(leatherneck)和美国步兵(grunt)都不是对他人的合适称呼.

2. I did not know his nephew Jack became a leatherneck.: 我不知道他的侄子杰克已加入海军陆战队.