veteran
英 [ˈvet.ər.ən]
美 [ˈve.t̬ɚ.ən]
- n. 老兵；老手；富有经验的人；老运动员
- adj. 经验丰富的；老兵的
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中文词源
veteran 老兵
来自PIE*wet,年，岁月，词源同wether.引申义有经验的，退役的老兵。
英语词源
- veteran
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veteran: [16] Veteran comes via French vétéran from Latin veterānus ‘old’. This was a derivative of vetus ‘old’, which is the ancestor of French vieux, Italian vecchio, and Spanish viejo. It went back ultimately to Indo-European *wetus- (source also of Latvian vecs ‘old’). This may be related to Greek étos ‘year’, in which case ‘old’ could derive from an ancestral meaning ‘full of years’.
- veteran (n.)
- c. 1500, "old experienced soldier," from French vétéran, from Latin veteranus "old, aged, that has been long in use," especially of soldiers; as a plural noun, "old soldiers," from vetus (genitive veteris) "old, aged, advanced in years; of a former time," as a plural noun, vetores, "men of old, forefathers," from PIE *wet-es-, from root *wet- (2) "year" (cognates: Sanskrit vatsa- "year," Greek etos "year," Hittite witish "year," Old Church Slavonic vetuchu "old," Old Lithuanian vetušas "old, aged;" and compare wether). Latin vetus also is the ultimate source of Italian vecchio, French vieux, Spanish viejo. General sense of "one who has seen long service in any office or position" is attested from 1590s. The adjective first recorded 1610s.
权威例句
- 1. He is a veteran parliamentarian whose views enjoy widespread respect.
- 他是个资深议员，其观点受到广泛尊重。
- 2. It is understood that the veteran reporter had a heart attack.
- 据悉，那位资深记者心脏病发作。
- 3. the veteran British actor, Sir Richard Attenborough
- 英国资深演员理查德∙阿滕伯勒爵士
- 4. My grandfather is a veteran of the Second World War.
- 我祖父是二战时的老兵.
- 5. He was a Vietnam veteran with a haunted mien.
- 他是个越战老兵,举止总有些惶然.
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