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commando

/kuh-man-doh, -mahn-/US // kəˈmæn doʊ, -ˈmɑn- //UK // (kəˈmɑːndəʊ) //

突击队,突击队员,特种部队,特种兵

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural com·man·dos, com·man·does.

    • : any of the specially trained Allied military units used for surprise, hit-and-run raids against Axis forces.a member of any of these units.Compare ranger.
    • : any military unit organized for operations similar to those of the commandos of World War II.
    • : a member of a military assault unit or team trained to operate quickly and aggressively in especially urgent, threatening situations, as against terrorists holding hostages.

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Examples

  • He added that it’s important to keep in mind that “this tech is there to enhance commando excellence, not to replace it.”

  • Authorities have said the assault was conducted by a team of “commandos.”

  • Desperate to change the course of the war, Winston Churchill and his Chief of Combined Operations decide to create a commando unit of Jewish refugees.

  • These are just some of the remarkable stories of the secret commandos of X Troop.

  • Many commandos grappled with profound insecurities about whether they could be both British and Jewish.

  • Now the time for the bombing blitz and commando raids appears to be approaching.

  • Andrey Donskoy is a musician and commando from Krasnoarmeysk, a town in the Donetsk region.

  • He cannot walk independently—he uses a wheelchair or commando crawls.

  • But the most talked-about reward is $10,000 for the capture of a Russian commando.

  • A commando team, on the other hand, will always have to operate quickly to get in, and, it hopes, to get out.

  • The Pretoria Commando had nearly shared this melancholy fate.

  • Probably also the British had some respect for the prowess of my commando.

  • Harber's burgher commando was present, but took no part in the operation.

  • My son is on commando in Free State; the other day he ride thirteen hours and have no food for two days.

  • Three miles to the right, over a rise and down in a dip, they said there lay the Rouxville commando of 350 men.