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colonel

noun
🔊/ˈkɜːnl/
🔊/ˈkɜːrnl/
(abbreviation Col.)
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  1. an officer of high rank in the army, the marines, or the US air force（陆军、海军陆战队或美国空军）上校
    • Colonel Jim Edge吉姆 · 埃奇上校
    Homophones colonel | kernelcolonel   kernel
    🔊/ˈkɜːnl/
    🔊/ˈkɜːrnl/
    • colonel noun
      • The colonel yelled out to his troops.上校大喊大叫。
    • kernel noun
      • The sun-dried tomato and pine kernel topping was delicious.晒干的番茄和松仁馅料很好吃。
    Topics War and conflictc1
    Word Originmid 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.