corporal
corporal 英 [ˈkɔ:pərəl] 美 [ˈkɔrpərəl]
adj. 肉体的，身体的 n. 下士
名词复数:corporals
- Corporal means of the body. Corporal punishment involves hitting, spanking, and slapping — all types of bodily hurt. A corporal is also a noncommissioned officer in the Army, Air Force, and Marines.
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- adj. 肉体的，身体的
- n. 下士
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1. He was demoted to the rank of corporal.
他被降为下士。
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2. He was advanced to the rank of corporal.
他被提升为下士。
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3. As punishment,the corporal was demoted to private.
作为惩罚，这下士被降为士兵。
- corporal (adj.) late 14c., "material, physical; secular;" c. 1400, "of or belonging to the body;" from Old French corporal (12c., Modern French corporel) "of the body, physical, strong" and directly from Latin corporalis "pertaining to the body," from corpus (genitive corporis) "body" (from PIE root *kwrep- "body, form, appearance").
- corporal (n.) lowest noncommissioned army officer, 1570s, from Middle French corporal, from Italian caporale "a corporal," from capo "chief, head," from Latin caput "head" (from PIE root *kaput- "head"). So called because he was in charge of a body of troops. Perhaps influenced by Italian corpo, from Latin corps "body." Or corps may be the source and caput the influence, as OED suggests.
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