leatherneck

英 ['leðənek] 美 ['lɛðɚ,nɛk]
  • n. 海军陆战队员

英文词源


leatherneck (n.)
"U.S. Marine," 1914, Navy slang, from leather + neck (n.). So called for the leather collars of their early uniforms; earlier in British use (1890) as a sailor's term for a soldier.

双语例句


1. A leatherneck or a grunt do not names to call someone.
海军陆战队员(leatherneck)和美国步兵(grunt)都不是对他人的合适称呼.

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2. I did not know his nephew Jack became a leatherneck.
我不知道他的侄子杰克已加入海军陆战队.

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