英语词汇“Boy Scouts”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

scout¹ /skowt/

noun

Someone, or (obsolete or N American) a party, sent out to reconnoitre or bring in information

A (military) spy

A member of the Scout Association (formerly Boy Scout)

(in the USA) a member of the Girl Scouts (an organization similar to the Guides)

A patrolman on the roads

A person who watches or attends at a little distance

A person (usu term of approbation; informal)

A person who seeks out new recruits, players, sales opportunities, etc

A ship for reconnoitring

A small light aeroplane orig intended for reconnaissance

A light armoured car for reconnaissance (now usu scout car)

A college servant (esp at Oxford)

A search (informal)

Watch, spying (archaic)

transitive verb

To watch closely

intransitive verb

To act as a scout

To reconnoitre (often with about or around)

ORIGIN: OFr escoute, from escouter, from L auscultāre to listen

scoutˈer noun

An adult working with instructors, etc, in the Scout Association

scoutˈing noun

Scout Association noun

(formerly, the Boy Scouts) a worldwide movement for young people, intended to develop character and a sense of responsibility, founded (for boys) by Lord Baden-Powell in 1908

scout car see scout (n) above.

scoutˈcraft noun

The knowledge and skill appropriate to a scout

scout law noun

The code of rules of the Scout Association

scoutˈmaster noun

The leader of a band of scouts, a scouter
Formerly, an adult in charge of a troop of Boy Scouts

scout's pace noun

Alternately walking and running for a set number of paces

scout1 /skowt/

scout¹ /skowt/