guerrilla
英[g?'r?l?]
美[g?'r?l?]
- n. 游擊戰；游擊隊
詞態變化
復數:?guerrillas;
助記提示
1. w <----> gu, -w- <---> -gu-.
2. war => werr- (Old High German werra "war") => guerr- "war".
3. guerr- "war" + -illa (diminutive suffix).
4. literally "little war".
中文詞源
guerrilla 游擊隊
詞源同war,戰爭。-illa, 小詞后綴。
英文詞源
- guerrilla (n.)
- "fighter in an irregular, independent armed force," 1809, from Spanish guerrilla "body of skirmishers, skirmishing warfare," literally "little war," diminutive of guerra "war," from a Germanic source cognate with Old High German werra "strife, conflict, war," from Proto-Germanic *werra- (see war (n.)). Acquired by English during the Peninsular War (1808-1814), when bands of Spanish peasants and shepherds annoyed the occupying French. Purists failed in their attempt to keep this word restricted to "irregular warfare" and prevent it taking on the sense properly belonging to guerrillero "guerrilla fighter." Figurative use by 1861. As an adjective from 1811.
雙語例句
- 1. The security zone was set up to prevent guerrilla infiltrations.
- 設立了安全區以防止游擊隊員的滲入。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. A guerrilla war has lingered into its fourth decade.
- 一場游擊戰已經持續了30多年。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He dismissed guerrilla warfare as "adventurism."
- 他對游擊戰嗤之以鼻，認為那是一種“冒險主義”。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Guerrilla groups are active in the province.
- 游擊隊在該省很活躍。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. These villagers are guerrilla sympathizers.
- 這些村民擁護游擊隊。
來自柯林斯例句