音标:['vetәrәn] ; 柯林斯词典等级:3 级;
n. 老手, 退伍军人, 老兵, 老树
a. 老兵的, 老练的, 经验丰富的
n. a serviceman who has seen considerable active service
n. a person who has served in the armed forces
n. an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service
词型变化:名词复数形式 : veterans
考试类型:[四级/六级/考研/托福/IELTS/GRE]
词性分布:
名词73%
形容词27%

veteran的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. A good idea soaked into that veteran worker.那位老工人的头脑里有了一个好主意。
  2. This veteran cadre is looked up to by everybody.这位老干部受到众人的尊敬。
用作名词(n.)
  1. The baseball veteran loved to coach young players.这位棒球老手喜欢指导年轻选手。
  2. That comrade writing these poems is a veteran.写这些诗的那个同志是个老兵。
  3. His grandfather was a veteran of the World War II.他的祖父是二战时的老兵。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. The baseball veteran loved to coach young players.这位棒球老手喜欢指导年轻选手。
  2. My grandfather is a veteran of the Second World War.我祖父是二战时的老兵。
  3. Some veterans of two world war gathered to celebrate their victory.一些经历了两次世界大战的退伍军人欢聚庆祝胜利。

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)
形容词+~
  • disabled veteran残废的军人
名词+~
  • sea veteran富有经验的水手
  • war veteran老战士

经典引文

  • The Spanish infantry, who in a summer's campaign had acquired the..weather-beaten aspect of veterans.

    出自:W. H. Prescott
  • He was a veteran of many campaigns, full of old wisdom.

    出自:R. Sutcliff
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