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deserter

noun
🔊/dɪˈzɜːtə(r)/
🔊/dɪˈzɜːrtər/
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  1. a person who leaves the army, navy, etc. without permission 逃兵；开小差的人
    • He was convicted of hiding deserters.他被判窝藏逃兵。
    Topics War and conflictb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryDeserter is used after these nouns:
    • army
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    Word Originmid 17th cent.: from desert ‘ abandon’, on the pattern of French déserteur.