【cavalry】 - A-level备考词汇

cavalry

UK:  ['kævəlri]

US:  ['kævəlri]

复数：cavalries  

n.

1.〔集合词〕(一队)骑兵;骑兵队

2.〔集合词〕骑者;马;〔废语〕马术

3.【军事】高度机动的地面部队

1 . Marshal Saxe wished to arm the French cavalry with a blade of a triangular cross section so as to make the use of the point obligatory.
萨克斯元帅希望给法国骑兵装备剑刃三角截面的剑，使士兵只能刺击。

2 . and i beg you not to meddle in what not your business , answered the colonel , getting hot . if you were a cavalry officer.
“我请求您不要干预别人的事，”上校急躁地答道，“既然您是个骑兵”

3 . She had no room in her mind for any picture save that of Ashley, lying at the feet of Yankee cavalry men , his fair hair dappled with blood.
她脑子里顾不上想别的，只有艾希礼的形像，他躺在北方佬骑兵的脚下，他那漂亮的头发沾满了血。

4 . Thus when chariots and cavalry are not engaged in battle with the enemy, one cavalryman is not able to equal one foot soldier.
因此车骑使用不恰当，在战斗中一名骑兵还不能抵挡一名步兵。

5 . All this cavalry debouched on the plateau, and it was like the appearance of an earthquake.
全部骑兵已经冲上了高地，并且出现了有如天崩地裂的局面。