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dragoon n. 龙骑兵,骑兵,暴徒
vt. 以武力迫害,弹压,强制 龙骑兵,骑兵,暴徒以武力迫害,弹压,强制 dragoon n 1: a member of a European military unit formerly composed of heavily armed cavalrymen v 1: compel by coercion, threats, or crude means; " They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone" [ synonym: { dragoon}, { sandbag}, { railroad}] 2: subjugate by imposing troopsDragoon \ Dra* goon"\ ( dr[. a]* g[= oo] n"), n. [ F. dragon dragon, dragoon, fr. L. draco dragon, also, a cohort' s standard ( with a dragon on it). The name was given from the sense standard. See { Dragon}.] 1. (( Mil.) Formerly, a soldier who was taught and armed to serve either on horseback or on foot; now, a mounted soldier; a cavalry man. [ 1913 Webster] 2. A variety of pigeon. -- Clarke. [ 1913 Webster] { Dragoon bird} ( Zool.), the umbrella bird. [ 1913 Webster]
Dragoon \ Dra* goon"\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Dragooned}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Dragooning}.] 1. To harass or reduce to subjection by dragoons; to persecute by abandoning a place to the rage of soldiers. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To compel submission by violent measures; to harass; to persecute. [ 1913 Webster] The colonies may be influenced to anything, but they can be dragooned to nothing. -- Price. [ 1913 Webster] Lewis the Fourteenth is justly censured for trying to dragoon his subjects to heaven. -- Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster] 34 Moby Thesaurus words for " dragoon": blackjack, bludgeon, bluster, bluster out of, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cavalryman, coerce, cossack, cow, cuirassier, demoralize, harass, heavy dragoon, hector, hijack, huff, hussar, intimidate, lance, lancer, ruffle, shanghai, spahi, steamroller, strong- arm, systematically terrorize, terrorize, threaten, trooper, uhlan, use violence
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