| 单词 | life regiment |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslife regiment life regiment n. a regiment of lifeguards (lifeguard n. 1). ΚΠ 1632 Swedish Intelligencer I. (Preface) Weyersburg, Colonell to the Life-Regiment. 1723 London Gaz. No. 6199/1 The Squadron of Life-Guards, two Squadrons of the Life-Regiment. 1799 W. Tooke View Russ. Empire II. vi. i. 458 Three regiments of cuirassiers, viz. the life-regiment of 5285 men, the grand duke's of 1080 men, and prince Potemkin's regiment of 997 men [etc.]. 1876 E. Sidenbladh Swedish Catal. I. 146 (table) Not including the Marine Regiment and ‘Life Regiment’ of conscripts. 1907 A. Forbes tr. H. von Moltke Franco-German War 1870–71 ii. 292 The farmstead whose possession was so obstinately disputed was taken by storm at about five o'clock, with the co-operation of the Grenadiers of the 8th Life-Regiment. 1959 F. L. Carsten Princes & Parl. in Germany i. vii. 111 The commander-in-chief, General von Phul, suggested changing the name of the guards to ‘life-regiment’ because their name was so hated. 2001 Baltic News Service (Nexis) 19 Jan. The chief of Denmark's Prince's Life regiment, colonel Jensen Christian Lund, also spoke at the press conference. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。