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batman

noun
🔊/ˈbætmən/
🔊/ˈbætmən/
(plural batmen
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  1. the personal servant of an officer in the armed forces勤务兵；传令兵
    Word Originmid 18th cent. (originally denoting an orderly in charge of the bat horse ‘packhorse’ which carried the officer's baggage): from Old French bat (from medieval Latin bastum ‘packsaddle’) + man.

Batman

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  1. a character in US comics, on television and in films who wears a costume like a bat (= a small animal like a mouse with wings) and has special powers of intelligence. With his friend Robin he spends his time helping ordinary people in trouble and fighting crime. He drives a vehicle called the Batmobile and is sometimes referred to as the ‘caped crusader’. His regular enemies include the Penguin and the Joker.