释义 |
‖ carabinero|karabiˈnero| [Sp.] A customs or revenue officer; a frontier guard.
1845R. Ford Handbk. Spain I. iii. 324 The expensive preventive service of Resguardos, Carabineros, etc. which is every where established to put down the smuggler. 1883Ld. Saltoun Scraps I. ii. 216 The carabineros, or revenue officers, might be so disposed of as to leave the coast clear. 1955J. Thomas No Banners viii. 67 They knew they could never hope to reach Barcelona with a pack of irate carabineros on their trail. 1957P. Kemp Mine were of Trouble i. 13 Carabineros, or frontier guards, in light green and flat peaked caps. |