reconnoitre
verb /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtə(r)/
/ˌrekəˈnɔɪtər/, /ˌriːkəˈnɔɪtər/
(US English reconnoiter)
[intransitive, transitive]动词形式
present simple I / you / we / they reconnoitre | /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtə(r)/ /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtər/, /ˌriːkəˈnɔɪtər/ |
he / she / it reconnoitres | /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtəz/ /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtərz/, /ˌriːkəˈnɔɪtərz/ |
past simple reconnoitred | /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtəd/ /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtərd/, /ˌriːkəˈnɔɪtərd/ |
past participle reconnoitred | /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtəd/ /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtərd/, /ˌriːkəˈnɔɪtərd/ |
-ing form reconnoitring | /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtərɪŋ/ /ˌrekəˈnɔɪtərɪŋ/, /ˌriːkəˈnɔɪtərɪŋ/ |
- reconnoitre (something) to get information about an area, especially for military purposes, by using soldiers, planes, etc.
侦察;勘察;观测 词源early 18th cent.: from obsolete French reconnoître, from Latin recognoscere ‘know again’, from re- ‘again’ + cognoscere ‘learn’.