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paratrooper

/par-uh-troo-per/US // ˈpær əˌtru pər //

伞兵,伞兵队,空降兵,伞兵队长

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a member of a military infantry unit trained to attack or land in combat areas by parachuting from airplanes.

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Examples

  • Thousands of paratroopers could augment the offensive from the air.

  • The Altamaha Riverkeeper, now overseen by a former paratrooper named Fletcher Sams, had recently tested all three of their homes’ wells.

  • The idea is that the straps are an objective way to gather data on the stresses the paratroopers feel.

  • “People in east Ukraine do not want to participate in presidential elections,” said the former paratrooper.

  • But then the tall, solidly built former paratrooper has been the least talkative of the separatists.

  • The Luhansk gunmen are led by Valery Bolotov, a former paratrooper.

  • In that attack, the Scooter Killer's first, the paratrooper, Ibn Ziaten, had sought to sell his Suzuki Bandit motorcycle.

  • Skydivers, for instance—an intriguing example given the paratrooper killings.