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martinet

/mahr-tn-et, mahr-tn-et/US // ˌmɑr tnˈɛt, ˈmɑr tnˌɛt //UK // (ˌmɑːtɪˈnɛt) //

马丁内特,马蒂纳,马蒂内特,马丁尼特

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a strict disciplinarian, especially a military one.
    • : someone who stubbornly adheres to methods or rules.

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Examples

  • Schiano, the former coach at Rutgers, brought a reputation with him as a harsh disciplinarian and a martinet.

  • Whereas Lessard had acted the martinet with MacRae, he took another tack and became the very essence of affability toward me.

  • The colonel was absolutely military to the backbone, a martinet even in home life, although "his bark was worse than his bite."

  • Newspapers wrote of him that, "a martinet to subordinates, he was known for the most unruly of lieutenants."

  • Though an officer of the regular army, he brings home to one the fact that the days of the military martinet have gone for ever.

  • The first of them was Captain Bulger, an unfortunate martinet, though a man of good conscience and high ideals.