Word · Frequency #21517
batman
勤务兵
batman
- 1.
A servant or valet to a military officer.
军官的勤务兵或贴身男仆。
- 2.
A unit of weight established in 1931 equal to 10 kg.
1931年确立的重量单位,等于10公斤。
- 3.
Coelostathma discopunctana, a moth of Eastern North America.
北美东部的一种蛾(Coelostathma discopunctana)。
军官的勤务兵或贴身男仆。;1931年确立的重量单位,等于10公斤。;北美东部的一种蛾(Coelostathma discopunctana)。
In use
The batman cleaned the officer's uniform and polished his boots.
As a young soldier, he served as a batman to a major.
The colonel's batmen prepared the officers' quarters for inspection.
sb's batman
用所有格表示‘某人的勤务兵’。
The general's batman packed his kit before dawn.
将军的勤务兵在黎明前收拾好了他的装备。
serve as a batman
serve as 后接职位名词,表示‘担任……职务’。
He served as a batman during the war.
战争期间他当过勤务兵。
be batman to sb
to 后接军官,表示服务的对象。
He was batman to a retired colonel.
Connections
Collocations
- serve as a batman
- 担任勤务兵
- He served as a batman to the colonel for two years.他给上校当了两年勤务兵。
- officer's batman
- 军官的勤务兵
- The officer's batman laid out his uniform every morning.军官的勤务兵每天早上把他的制服摆好。
- be batman to
- 给……当勤务兵
- He was batman to the major during the war.战争期间他是少校的勤务兵。
- batman's duties
- 勤务兵的职责
- The batman's duties included cleaning boots and polishing brass.勤务兵的职责包括擦靴子和擦铜器。
Synonyms
- orderly
- 勤务兵;传令兵 · 最贴近 batman,常指军队中照料军官生活的士兵;可替换,但 orderly 也指医院护工等,需靠语境区分。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
别想到蝙蝠侠——batman 是英国军官的勤务兵,像蝙蝠夜间待命一样随叫随到。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:军事语境、英式英语、历史/传记资料 作“勤务兵”解时通常用于正式或书面表达,多出现在军事、历史或英式英语语境中,日常口语较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
没有与 /ˈbætmən/ 完全押韵的常用词。footman、boatman、chairman、postman 都与 batman 一样以 -man 结尾且读 /mən/,但重读元音不同(/ʊ/、/oʊ/、/ɛr/、/oʊ/),并不押韵。human 和 woman 的 -man 也读 /mən/,但同样不押韵。注意:这些词里的 -man 常弱读为 /mən/,不要按 man /mæn/ 的读音类推。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.