dragoon
dragoon
[drəˈguːn]
noun
[drəˈguːn]
noun
- a member of any of several cavalry regiments in the household troops of the British army
（英国王室禁卫队的）龙骑兵，重骑兵
■(historical)a mounted infantryman armed with a carbine
(史)（装备有火枪的）马背步兵 - a pigeon of a variety resulting from a cross between a horseman and a tumbler
食用家鸽
- [with obj.]coerce (someone) into doing something
迫使，强迫
she had been dragooned into helping with the housework.
她被迫帮忙做家务。
- early 17th cent. (denoting a kind of carbine or musket, thought of as breathing fire): from French dragon 'dragon'
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