| 释义 |
crossbowman|ˈkrɒsbəʊmən, ˈkrɔːs-|
An archer with a crossbow; a soldier armed with a crossbow.
c1500Melusine 132 A thousand men of armes, & C cros⁓bowe men. 1632J. Hayward tr. Biondi's Eromena 11 He armed her with twise as many crossebow-men as souldiers. 1777Robertson Hist. Amer. (1778) II. v. 9 Thirty-two were cross-bow-men. 1843Prescott Mexico (1850) I. 372 The artillery, the arquebusiers, and crossbowmen, were to support one another. |