pioneer: [16] Pioneer was borrowed from French pionnier, a descendant of Old French paonier. This originally denoted a ‘foot soldier sent on ahead to clear the way’, and was a derivative of paon ‘foot soldier’ (whose Anglo-Norman version poun gave English pawn). => foot, pawn, pedal
pioneer (n.)
1520s, "foot soldier who prepares the way for the army," from Middle French pionnier "foot-soldier, pioneer," from Old French paonier "foot-soldier" (11c.), from peon (see pawn (n.2)). Figurative sense of "person who goes first or does something first" is from c. 1600. Related: Pioneers.
pioneer (v.)
1780, from pioneer (n.). Related: Pioneered; pioneering.
双语例句
1. She was a suffragette and a birth control pioneer.
她参加争取妇女选举权的运动，也是节育倡导者。
来自柯林斯例句
2. a pioneer in the field of microsurgery
显微外科领域的创始人
来自《权威词典》
3. " We must learn from Uncle Lei Feng,'said the Young Pioneer.
少先队员说道: “ 我们要向雷锋叔叔学习. ”
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
4. Li Dazhao was a pioneer of the Chinese revolution.
