colonel
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++colo·nel /ˈkɜːnl $ ˈkɜːr-/ ●●○ noun [countable] PMAa high rank in the army, Marines, or the US air force, or someone who has this rank 〔陆军、海军陆战队或美国空军的〕上校军衔；上校
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colonel• In 1623 he was deputy lieutenant in Cambridgeshire, and in 1625, a colonel of the Suffolk regiments defending the coasts.• An elderly colonel with a steel gray crew cut stood to one side, ready to intervene if the questioning got difficult.• During that time I went from captain to full colonel.• Similarly, the army, when faced with a budget cut, never points the finger at desk-bound lieutenant colonels.• The ghosts of retired colonels haunt some of Torquay's menus.• Back in his office he put through a call to the colonel.• At the end, Rakovsky opened a bottle of his favourite Scotch whisky and offered a drink to the young colonel.Origin colonel (1500-1600) coronal “colonel” ((16-17 centuries)), from French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello “column of soldiers, colonel”, from colonna “column”, from Latin columna; → COLUMNcolo·nel nounChineseSyllable
in rank high US army, Marines, a the the or Corpus
colonel
colo‧nel /ˈkɜːnl $ ˈkɜːr-/
noun [countable]
colo‧nel /ˈkɜːnl $ ˈkɜːr-/
noun [countable] Date: 1500-1600
Origin: coronal 'colonel' (16-17 centuries), from French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello 'column of soldiers, colonel', from colonna 'column', from Latin columna; ⇨ column
a high rank in the army, Marines, or the US air force, or someone who has this rank
Origin: coronal 'colonel' (16-17 centuries), from French coronnel, from Old Italian colonnello 'column of soldiers, colonel', from colonna 'column', from Latin columna; ⇨ column