marshal
marshal 英 [ˈmɑ:ʃl] 美 [ˈmɑrʃl]
n. 元帅;司仪 vt. 整理;引领;编列 vi. 排列
进行时:marshalling 过去式:marshalled 过去分词:marshalled 第三人称单数:marshals 名词复数:marshals
- A federal marshal knocks on your door. You panic: a marshal is a law officer. What do you do? You marshal your thoughts, that is, put them in order.
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- n. 元帅;司仪
- vt. 整理;引领;编列
- vi. 排列
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1. marshal walked next to me.
元帅走到我旁边。
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2. marshal and his wife were the only people our age in the group.
元帅和他的妻子是唯一的在我们这个时代的人本集团。
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3. marshal turned to watch her as she walked through the cafe, then he turned to us.
元帅转向看她,她走过的咖啡馆,然后他转过身来给我们。
- marshal (n.) early 13c. as a surname; mid-13c. as "high officer of the royal court;" from Old French mareschal "commanding officer of an army; officer in charge of a household" (Modern French maréchal), originally "stable officer, horse tender, groom" (Frankish Latin mariscaluis) from Frankish *marhskalk or a similar Germanic word, literally "horse-servant" (compare Old High German marahscalc "groom," Middle Dutch maerschalc), from Proto-Germanic *markhaz "horse" (see mare (n.1)) + *skalkaz "servant" (source of Old English scealc "servant, retainer, member of a crew," Dutch schalk "rogue, wag," Gothic skalks "servant").
- marshal (v.) early 15c., "to tend (horses)," from marshal (n.). Meaning "to arrange, place in order" is from mid-15c.; that of "to arrange for fighting" is from mid-15c. Figurative use by 1690s. Related: Marshaled; marshaling.
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