Word · Frequency #6892
scouts
童子军；童子军队员
scouts is the plural of scout.
A member of a scouting organization, such as a Boy Scout or Girl Scout.
- 1.
A person sent out to gather and bring back information; especially, one employed in war to gain information about the enemy and ground.
被派去收集并带回信息的人；尤其是在战争中获取敌人和地形信息的人。
- 2.
The guillemot.
海鸠
- 3.
A member of any of various scouting organizations.
各种童子军组织的成员
- 4.
a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
负责监视预期事件的人；瞭望员
- 5.
An act of scouting or reconnoitering.
侦察或搜索的行为
- 6.
A member of one of several army units, such as the Selous Scouts or the Arunachal Scouts.
某几个陆军部队的成员,如塞卢斯侦察队或阿鲁纳恰尔侦察队。
- 7.
a Boy Scout or Girl Scout
男童子军或女童子军
- 8.
A member of any number of youth organizations belonging to the international scout movement, such as the Boy Scouts of America or Girl Scouts of the United States.
国际童子军运动成员,如美国童子军或美国女童子军
- 9.
someone employed to discover and recruit talented persons (especially in the worlds of entertainment or sports)
发掘并招募人才的人(尤指娱乐或体育界)；星探
- 10.
A person who assesses or recruits others; especially, one who identifies promising talent on behalf of a sports team.
评估或招募人才者,尤指为运动队发掘有潜力的人才
- 11.
A person employed to monitor rivals' activities in the petroleum industry.
受雇监测石油行业竞争对手活动的人
- 12.
A preliminary image that allows the technician to make adjustments before the actual diagnostic images.
在正式诊断图像前用于调整的初步图像
侦察员；侦察兵；瞭望员；星探；球探；人才发掘者；侦察；搜寻；（特种）侦察部队成员；石油业情报员；刺探对手动向的人
In use
The scout reported enemy movements to the base camp.
He has been a scout since he was ten years old.
A talent scout discovered her singing in a local club.
Connections
Collocations
- Boy Scout
- 童子军（男成员）
- He joined the Boy Scouts last year.他去年加入了男童子军。
- Girl Scout
- 女童子军成员
- My sister is a Girl Scout.我妹妹是一名女童子军成员。
- talent scout
- 星探，人才发掘者
- A talent scout spotted her at the mall.一位星探在商场里发现了她。
- scout leader
- 童子军领队
- The scout leader taught them how to use a compass.童子军领队教他们如何使用指南针。
- scout troop
- 童子军队
- Our scout troop organized a community clean-up.我们的童子军队组织了一次社区清洁活动。
- scout camp
- 童子军营
Learner notes
Memory Tip
scout 中包含 out，侦察员总是在外面观察。
Context & Register
scout作为名词，多用于军事侦察、童子军活动或人才发掘等具体场合。不同语境下含义不同，但均属中性偏正式用语。
Grammar Note
可数名词，指侦察员、童子军成员或星探
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end with the letters 'out' and share the /aʊt/ sound. Note that words like 'doubt' (/daʊt/) and 'route' (US /raʊt/) also rhyme but have different spellings (doubt ends with 'oubt', route ends with 'ute'); they are not included here.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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