释义 |
‖ piou-piou|pjupju| [Fr.] A popular name for a French private soldier.
1854B. St. John Purple Tints of Paris II. xi. 224 Formerly, a piou-piou—as the common soldier was somewhat contemptuously called—was treated..with a sort of paternal solicitude. 1867‘Ouida’ Under Two Flags I. xiii. 300 The speaker looked down on the piou-piou with superb contempt. 1894[see nounou]. 1900R. Whiteing Life of Paris 207 Polin..figures as the common soldier, the pioupiou, with his simple virtues of good-humour and fidelity to the flag. 1930[see nounou]. |