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cavalry

/kav-uhl-ree/US // ˈkæv əl ri //UK // (ˈkævəlrɪ) //

马队,马场,马车,马术

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cav·al·ries.

    • : Military. the part of a military force composed of troops that serve on horseback.mounted soldiers collectively.the motorized, armored units of a military force organized for maximum mobility.
    • : horsemen, horses, etc., collectively.

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Examples

  • As for the cadre of grooms into whose care the show’s 335 horses were entrusted, it too had been decimated, for during World War I, a horse cavalry was still a vital component of the forces.

  • Immune systems are like sentinels, patrolling the body for invaders and calling in the cavalry once a pathogen is detected.

  • It’s a far cry from the government’s optimism in early December, when the arrival of vaccines was described as the “scientific cavalry” coming to the rescue.

  • The Army has museums dedicated to the infantry, the cavalry and the artillery.

  • Because Forrest enlisted as a private and fought in the often-neglected western theater, his skills as a cavalry commander were overlooked for much of the war.

  • A newsagent further down on Nathan Road  told The Daily Beast that he recognized a number of retired cops in the cavalry charge.

  • A similar pattern occurred when metal swords, armor, cavalry charges and dense infantry ranks developed.

  • He fought with the Soviets, then led the cavalry and B-52 bombers to rout the Taliban.

  • Dostum famously led Uzbek cavalry charges supported by U.S. B-52 bombers to defeat the Taliban.

  • They rode as far as Tours on the Loire until stopped by the French cavalry of Charles Martel.

  • In this position, the line of cavalry formed the chord of the arc described by the river, and occupied by us.

  • Fanning and Wharton were to make head against the infantry and cavalry.

  • But the cavalry officer melted imperceptibly out of her existence.

  • They found a few belated sowars of the 3d Cavalry, who took refuge in a wood, and the artillery opened fire at the trees!

  • Infantry and cavalry approached the island, quite unsuspicious of its being occupied.