单词 | mutinying |
释义 | mutiny1 of 2noun mu·ti·ny ˈmyü-tə-nē ˈmyüt-nē plural mutinies 1 : forcible or passive resistance to lawful authority especially : concerted (see concerted sense 1) revolt (as of a naval crew) against discipline or a superior officer The sailors staged a mutiny and took control of the ship. 2 obsolete : tumult, strife mutiny 2 of 2verb mutinied; mutinying; mutinies intransitive verb : to rise against or refuse to obey or observe authority He mutinied not just against God but against the older generation of Romanian intellectuals. Will Blythe specifically, of soldiers, sailors, etc. : to rebel against military authority : to stage a mutiny Months wore on, and about half of [Christopher] Columbus's men mutinied and tried to sail by canoe to Hispaniola. Owen Gingerich In April 1779 a draft of sixty men from the 71st Highlanders mutinied when they were told they were to go to America and refused to march aboard the transports. Christopher Hibbert mutinying verbas in rebelling to rise up against established authority the party's conservative faction mutinied just before the election Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance
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