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cadet

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
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ca·det /kəˈdet/ noun [countable]  PMAsomeone who is training to be an officer in the army, navy, air force, or police 〔军校或警校的〕学员
Examples from the Corpus
cadetThomas' son is a cadet at the school.The report recommended that each midshipman and cadet spend a semester at another service academy.This kept alive the nineteenth-century export trade in cadets of major ruling houses.By that time the officer cadets were in hospital.These officer cadets have been at the Academy since early May and are now well into their fourteen-week first term.By May the cadets had come to the end of their training.All have been admitting and graduating women cadets for years now.And what would become of the two remaining women cadets, and the many more who hoped to follow in their footsteps?
Origin cadet (1600-1700) French French dialect capdet chief, from Late Latin capitellum, from Latin caput head
ca·det nounChineseSyllable
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cadet
cadet /kəˈdet/ noun [countable]
 Date: 1600-1700
 Language: French
 Origin: French dialect capdet 'chief', from Late Latin capitellum, from Latin caput 'head'
someone who is training to be an officer in the army, navy, air force, or police


cadetBrE /kəˈdet/ 🔊NAmE /kəˈdet/ 🔊 nouna young person who is training to become an officer in the police or armed forces 警官(或军官)学员;警官(或军官)候补生