单词 | fighter |
释义 | fighter (faɪtəʳ ) Word forms: fighters 1. countable noun A fighter or a fighter plane is a fast military aircraft that is used for destroying other aircraft. 2. countable noun If you describe someone as a fighter, you approve of them because they continue trying to achieve things in spite of great difficulties or opposition. [approval] From the start it was clear this tiny girl was a real fighter. 3. countable noun A fighter is a person who physically fights another person, especially a professional boxer. ...a tough little street fighter. Synonyms: boxer, wrestler, bruiser [informal], pugilist 4. See also firefighter, freedom fighter, prize fighter Collocations: fighter squadron The general has commanded a fighter squadron, an operations group and two wings. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The squadron was inactivated in 1945 when the 477th became a composite group that included one bombardment and one fighter squadron. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He crash-landed so many aircraft that he was promptly assigned to a single-seat fighter squadron, as no one would fly with him! Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The goal was to have no more than one fighter squadron on each main or dispersed base in the event of war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He trained as a pilot and graduated in 1924 joining a fighter squadron. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Within three years he was a fully-fledged guerrilla fighter. Times, Sunday Times When he was forced to abandon his studies because of the dictatorship, he became a guerrilla fighter and eventually fled the country on foot. Globe and Mail His commander had felt that his special forces training as a guerrilla fighter would be an advantage in combatting guerrillas, and this proved to be true. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But they're incredible guerrilla fighters fighting for their homeland. The Sun He was also a guerrilla fighter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Considering what the civilians and opposition fighters have lived through, it's amazing they have survived, let alone begun to turn the tide. Times, Sunday Times And tens of thousands of opposition fighters have survived this brutal war to pursue that goal. Times, Sunday Times With the stakes getting higher by the day, the alliance - and the opposition fighters they are supporting - cannot afford to lose. Times, Sunday Times Opposition fighters claimed to be in control of almost all of the capital barely 24 hours after they entered the city. Times, Sunday Times According to a senior western official, it wanted to know that the only people left would be armed opposition fighters. Times, Sunday Times Britain's first stealth fighter jet has landed on these shores at last. Times, Sunday Times (2016) China surprised the Americans by unveiling its own stealth fighter in a test flight last month. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Russia agreed a massive defence deal yesterday to sell hundreds of advanced stealth fighter jets to India. Times, Sunday Times (2010) This year China will probably acquire its first aircraft carrier and first stealth fighter. Times, Sunday Times (2011) That was perhaps no reflection on a durable and tough fighter whose natural ring weight was some way below 154lb. Times, Sunday Times Tough fighter who has a galvanising effect which can't be measured just in runs. The Sun He's a good, tough fighter. Times, Sunday Times He has a reputation not only as a tough fighter but as 'cleaner' than other politicians. Times, Sunday Times A tough fighter and his orangutan search for a runaway singer. The Sun Translations: Chinese: 战斗机 Japanese: 戦闘機 |
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