trooper

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++

Related topics: Army, Police

troop·er /ˈtruːpə $ -ər/ noun  1. [countable]PMA a soldier of the lowest rank in the part of the army that uses tanks or horses 〔军阶最低的〕装甲兵，骑兵2. [countable]SCP a member of a state police force in the US 〔美国的〕州警察3. swear like a trooper old-fashionedSWEAR to swear a lot 满口粗话

Examples from the Corpus

trooper• And where was he going 90 minutes after the bombing when stopped by an Oklahoma trooper on Interstate 35 near Perry?• In 1994, a Maryland State trooper saw a car speeding down Interstate 95.• For decades these latter had been infiltrating the administration and even the troopers.• We dropped off the troopers and picked up wounded.

troop·er nounChineseSyllable  

a of lowest rank Corpus the soldier

trooper
troop‧er /ˈtruːpə $ -ər/ noun
1. [countable] a soldier of the lowest rank in the part of the army that uses tanks or horses
2. [countable] a member of a state police force in the US
3. swear like a trooper old-fashioned to swear a lot
     

THESAURUS

■ people in the police
   ▪ police officer (also officer) a member of the police. In British English, police officer is used especially in more formal contexts, for example in news reports. In everyday English, British people still usually say policeman or policewoman: a senior police officer | He was sentenced to life in prison for killing a police officer. | He is the officer in charge of the case. | Officer Fayard (=in the US ‘Officer’ is used in the title of police officers)
   ▪ policeman a man who is a member of the police: an off-duty policeman | He’s a former policeman.
   ▪ policewoman a woman who is a member of the police: The girl, accompanied by a policewoman and two social workers, was seen in private by Sheriff George Crozier.
   ▪ PC/WPC abbreviation used in the job titles of British police offiicers. PC means ‘Police Constable’ and WPC means 'Woman Police Constable': PC Keith Fletcher | WPC Susan Larkin
   ▪ detective a police officer whose job is to discover who is responsible for crimes: Detectives are investigating the death of a baby boy. | Detective Inspector John Hartwell
   ▪ plain-clothes adjective a plain-clothes police officer wears ordinary clothes instead of a uniform: Two plain-clothes police officers, acting as hotel security men, kept watch on him.
   ▪ constable a British police officer of the lowest rank: a police constable | Constable Robin Cameron
   ▪ chief constable a senior police officer who is in charge of the police in a particular area in Britain: the chief constable of North Yorkshire police
   ▪ cop informal a police officer: You’d better call the cops.
   ▪ trooper a US police officer in a state police force: a New Jersey state trooper

troop·erBrE /ˈtruːpə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈtruːpər/ 🔊 nouna soldier of low rank in the part of an army that uses tanks or horses 坦克兵；骑兵(NAmE) = state trooper ●swear like a ˈtrooper(old-fashioned, BrE) to often use very rude or offensive language 满口脏话；动不动就破口大骂