colonel

colonel
[ˈkəːn(ə)l]
noun
  1. a rank of officer in the army and in the US air force, above a lieutenant colonel and below a brigadier or brigadier general
    (陆军和美国空军中的)上校
    ■(informal). short for lieutenant colonel
    (非正式)。 lieutenant colonel 的简称
派生
colonelcy
( pl. -ies)
noun(pl. -ies)
语源
  1. mid 16th cent.: from obsolete French coronel (earlier form of colonel), from Italian colonnello 'column of soldiers', from colonna 'column', from Latin columna. The form coronel, source of the modern pronunciation, was usual until the mid 17th cent
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