| 释义 |
‖ tirailleur|tirajœr|
[Fr. (1740 in Dict. Acad.), f. tirailler to shoot in independent firing, f. tirer to draw, shoot (tire v.2).]
One of a body of skirmishers employed in the wars of the French Revolution (1792); a skirmisher, a sharp-shooter; a soldier (usually of infantry) trained for independent action. Also attrib.
1796Campaigns 1793–4 I. i. vii. 65 The tiralleurs and riflemen could easily..discover and take aim at the Republicans. 1812Examiner 14 Sept. 582/1 Woods, filled with tirailleurs. 1847De Quincey Span. Nun Wks. 1860 III. 44 Any Spanish tirailleur's bullet. 1898Daily News 17 Oct. 3/7 A column consisting of tirailleurs and irregulars was dispatched to suppress a rising of the Boubourys. |