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cadet 音标拼音: [kəd'ɛt] n. 军官学校学生 军官学校学生 cadet n 1: a military trainee ( as at a military academy) [ synonym: { cadet}, { plebe}] Cadet \ Ca* det"\, n. [ F. cadet a younger or the youngest son or brother, dim. fr. L. caput head; i. e., a smaller head of the family, after the first or eldest. See { Chief}, and cf. { Cad}.] [ 1913 Webster] 1. The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son. [ 1913 Webster] The cadet of an ancient and noble family. -- Wood. [ 1913 Webster] 2. ( Mil.) ( a) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission. ( b) A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich. [ 1913 Webster] Note: All the undergraduates at Annapolis are Naval cadets. The distinction between Cadet midshipmen and Cadet engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882. [ 1913 Webster] 3. In New Zealand, a young gentleman learning sheep farming at a station; also, any young man attached to a sheep station. [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 4. A young man who makes a business of ruining girls to put them in brothels. [ Slang, U. S.] [ Webster 1913 Suppl.] 24 Moby Thesaurus words for " cadet": Naval Reservist, Royal Marine, Seabee, bluejacket, boot, freshman, frogman, gob, horse marine, jolly, junior, marine, midshipman, midshipmite, naval cadet, navy man, plebe, senior, soph, sophomore, swabbie, undergrad, undergraduate, upperclassman |
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