单词 | infantry |
释义 | infantry (ɪnfəntri ) uncountable noun [with singular or plural verb] Infantry are soldiers who fight on foot rather than in tanks or on horses. The infantry were advancing to attack the ridge. The enemy infantry was hiding. ...an infantry division. ...regiments of infantry. Synonyms: infantrymen, foot soldiers Collocations: infantry company What had persuaded the young infantry company commander to seek ordination? Times, Sunday Times Since then, our 100-strong infantry company has deployed through the gate every day, patrolling the fields and villages to push the insurgents away and reassure the local population. Times, Sunday Times The following day an infantry company with 29 cavalry reconnaissance troops moved to the bridge. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The stockade was designed to hold a single infantry company. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It consisted of one infantry battalion, one border battalion, and one infantry company. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 What was true was that to be a successful fighter pilot required different qualities from those that made a good infantry officer. FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003) Besides, I am still in my own mind an obscure infantry officer. Times, Sunday Times (2006) An infantry regiment in the trenches there rushed it the other night and tried to fill it in. Times, Sunday Times They are all assigned to the ninety-third infantry regiment and parade through the town's main streets in an atmosphere of heady joy laced with ominous hysteria. The Times Literary Supplement The prison became a barracks with the arrival of the 70th infantry regiment between 1876 and 1877. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each company in an infantry regiment was assigned two fifers and two drummers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He failed a medical examination, however, which prevented him from entering the school and was assigned to an infantry regiment instead. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The other now has a makeshift trigger welded on so it can be used by an infantry soldier. Times, Sunday Times By contrast, a junior infantry soldier, on 16,681 a year, will receive additional allowances for the entire six-month tour of 3,570 - equivalent to just 595 a month. Times, Sunday Times It depicts a 1950s-era infantry soldier charging forward and gesturing for others to follow. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Training consists of basic infantry soldier skills, individual battle task standards, and more advanced training such as urban operations, and live fire field exercises. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was not just that he was brave, he always knew what to do - the quality infantry soldiers respect above all else. Times, Sunday Times The first recruits are expected to take part in infantry training from 2020. Times, Sunday Times Basic infantry training has been extended from 12 to 14 weeks at an extra cost of 3,000 per soldier. Times, Sunday Times It was used as a garrison, infantry training center, and depot for materiel. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He finished his secondary education in 1944, took agricultural school in 1945 and infantry training in 1947. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Improvements in parachute infantry training and tactics reduced the scattering when paratroops disembarked. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 You begin as a rank-and-file member of an infantry unit. Times, Sunday Times According to one of the archive films, we had a completely left-handed infantry unit. Times, Sunday Times An independent brigade would be one that primarily consists of an artillery unit, an infantry unit, an armour unit and logistics to support its actions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The battle demonstrates the ineffectiveness of even an experienced cavalry force against a disciplined infantry unit with competent leadership. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It begins with an infantry unit facing off with a larger force of enemies. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 步兵 Japanese: 歩兵 |
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