mutiny
mutiny 英 [ˈmju:təni] 美 [ˈmjutni]
n. 兵变；叛乱；暴动 vi. 反叛；暴动；参加叛乱
进行时:mutinying 过去式:mutinied 过去分词:mutinied 第三人称单数:mutinies 名词复数:mutinies
- A mutiny is a rebellion against authority, like when sailors overthrow the captain of a ship or when a class of 8th graders refuses to dissect a frog in biology class.
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- n. 兵变；叛乱；暴动
- vi. 反叛；暴动；参加叛乱
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1. The ancient Roman army was centesimated on account of mutiny tendencies.
该古罗马军团每百名士兵被抽出一名受罚以镇压其叛乱的趋势。
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2. ONE hundred years ago on October 10th, a mutiny in the central Chinese city of Wuhan triggered the collapse of China’s last imperial dynasty.
一百年前的10月10日，中国中部城市武汉爆发的一场兵变敲响了中国最后一个王朝灭亡的丧钟。
- mutiny (n.) 1560s, with noun suffix -y (4) + obsolete verb mutine "revolt" (1540s), from Middle French mutiner "to revolt," from meutin "rebellious," from meute "a revolt, movement," from Vulgar Latin *movita "a military uprising," from fem. past participle of Latin movere "to move" (from PIE root *meue- "to push away").
- mutiny (v.) 1580s, from mutiny (n.). Alternative mutine is recorded from 1550s. Related: Mutinied; mutinying.
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