bombardier

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bom·bar·dier /ˌbɒmbəˈdɪə◂ $ ˌbɑːmbərˈdɪr/ noun [countable]  1. PMPBOthe person on a military aircraft who is responsible for dropping bombs 〔战机上的〕轰炸员，投弹手2. PMAa low rank in the British army 〔英国皇家炮兵〕下士

Examples from the Corpus

bombardier• A biochemist colleague has kindly provided me with a bottle of hydrogen peroxide, and enough hydroquinone for 50 bombardier beetles.• If you are curious about the bombardier beetle, by the way, what actually happens is as follows.• This is what the bombardier beetle does.• The bombardier beetle's ancestors simply pressed into different service chemicals that already happened to be around.• George A.. Ward, bombardier.Origin bombardier (1900-2000) bombardier “soldier in charge of a gun” ((16-20 centuries)), from French, from bombarde; → BOMBARD

bom·bar·dier nounChineseSyllable  

on the is Corpus a aircraft military person for who responsible

bombardier
bom‧bar‧dier /ˌbɒmbəˈdɪə◂ $ ˌbɑːmbərˈdɪr/ noun [countable]1. the person on a military aircraft who is responsible for dropping bombs
2. a low rank in the British army

bom·bard·ierBrE /ˌbɒmbəˈdɪə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˌbɑːmbərˈdɪr/ 🔊 nounthe person on a military plane in the US air force who is responsible for aiming and dropping bombs （美国空军的）投弹手a member of a low rank in the Royal Artillery (= a part of the British army that uses large guns) （英国皇家炮兵的）下士