colonel
noun /ˈkɜːnl/
/ˈkɜːrnl/
(abbreviation Col.)
- an officer of high rank in the army, the marines, or the US air force
（陆军、海军陆战队或美国空军）上校 - Colonel Jim Edge
吉姆 · 埃奇上校
Homophones colonel | kernelcolonel kernelTopics War and conflictc1/ˈkɜːnl//ˈkɜːrnl/- colonel noun
- The colonel yelled out to his troops.
上校向他的部队大声喊叫。
- The colonel yelled out to his troops.
- kernel noun
- The sun-dried tomato and pine kernel topping was delicious.
晒干的西红柿和松仁浇头很好吃。
- The sun-dried tomato and pine kernel topping was delicious.
词源mid 16th cent.: from obsolete French coronel (earlier form of colonel), from Italian colonnello ‘column of soldiers’, from colonna ‘column’, from Latin columna. The form coronel, source of the modern pronunciation, was usual until the mid 17th cent. - Colonel Jim Edge