←

commander

noun
 
🔊/kəˈmɑːndə(r)/
🔊/kəˈmændər/
jump to other results
  1.  
    a person who is in charge of something, especially an officer in charge of a particular group of soldiers or a military operation负责人；（尤指）司令官，指挥官
    • military/allied/field/flight commanders军事／盟军／战地／飞行指挥官
    • the commander of the expedition探险队队长
    • General Eisenhower was Supreme Allied Commander in Western Europe.艾森豪威尔将军是西欧盟军的最高指挥官。
    • the commander of US forces in Iraq驻伊拉克的美军指挥官
    Topics War and conflictb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • senior
    • supreme
    • top
    • …
    preposition
    • commander of
    phrases
    • Commander-in-Chief
    See full entry
  2. (abbreviation Cdr)
     an officer of fairly high rank in the British or American navy（英国或美国）海军中校Topics War and conflictc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • senior
    • supreme
    • top
    • …
    preposition
    • commander of
    phrases
    • Commander-in-Chief
    See full entry
  3. (abbreviation Cdr)
     (in England) a London police officer of high rank（英国）伦敦高级警官Topics Law and justicec2
    4. Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French comandeor, from late Latin commandare ‘to command’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + mandare ‘commit, command’.