commando

英 [k?'mɑ?nd??] 美[k?'m?ndo]

低頻詞暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?commandoes;?commandos;

commando 突擊隊(duì)

來自南非荷蘭語布爾戰(zhàn)爭用語，詞源同command, 命令。

commando (n.): Afrikaans, "a troop under a commander," from Portuguese, literally "party commanded" (see command (v.)); in use c. 1809 during the Peninsula campaign, then from 1834, in a South African sense, of military expeditions of the Boers against the natives; modern sense is from 1940 (originally shock troops to repel the threatened German invasion of England), first attested in writings of Winston Churchill, who could have picked it up during the Boer War. Phrase going commando "not wearing underwear" attested by 1996, U.S. slang, perhaps on notion of being ready for instant action.

1. The hostages were freed in the commando raid.: 在突擊隊(duì)的突襲行動(dòng)中，人質(zhì)獲釋。

2. The commando force joined up with the airborne troops near the captured bridge.: 在被占領(lǐng)的橋梁附近,突擊隊(duì)和空降部隊(duì)會(huì)合.

3. You know he's a veteran of five successful commando raids?: 你知道他是五次成功突擊的老手嗎 ?

4. In the attack the Jewish center to Mumbai, India, a commando injured.: 在強(qiáng)攻們孟買猶太人中心的過程中, 一名印度突擊隊(duì)員受傷.

5. The gunmen were said to be wearing Iraqi police commando uniforms.: 據(jù)稱持槍分子身穿伊拉克警察突擊隊(duì)的制服.