| 单词 | red soldier |
| 释义 | > as lemmasred soldier red soldier n. (a) a soldier wearing a red coat; esp. a soldier of the British army, a redcoat. (b) a pig with red lesions of the skin, esp. those of swine erysipelas; (also) swine erysipelas, or (rarely) hog cholera. ΚΠ 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xv. ii. 384 He commeth foorth as a red souldier, with red clothing. 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. I. x. 244 Red Soldiers, as they call them (to distinguish them from the Highland Companies). 1878 Times 26 Dec. All pigs not ‘red soldiers’ will be adjudged innocent of typhoid. 1886 R. L. Stevenson Kidnapped xvii. 159 He supposed it was some of the red soldiers coming from Fort William into Appin. 1992 Oldie 21 Feb. 41/3 My sow didn't have red soldier or black jack, she didn't have blue ear or the staggers. 2005 J. Chapman Past & Present ix. 214 From the Zulus' perspective the ‘red soldiers’ are the racial ‘other’. < as lemmas |
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