单词 | foreign legion |
释义 | foreign /forˈin/adjective
ORIGIN: OFr forain, from LL forāneus, from L forās out of doors forˈeigner noun
forˈeignism noun A mannerism, turn of phrase, etc, typical of a foreigner forˈeignness noun
foreign aid noun Financial or other aid given by richer to poorer countries foreign bill or foreign draft noun A bill or draft payable in a different country, state, etc from that in which it was drawn foreign-builtˈ adjective Built in a foreign country foreign correspondent noun A newspaper correspondent working in a foreign country in order to report its news, etc foreign exchange noun (the exchange, conversion, etc of) foreign currencies foreign legion noun
Foreign Office noun The British government department dealing with foreign affairs (now officially Foreign and Commonwealth Office) legion /lēˈjən/noun
Multitudinous ORIGIN: L legiō, -ōnis, from legere to levy leˈgionary adjective
A member of a legion leˈgioned adjective Set out in legions legionell'a noun (pl legionell'as or legionell'ae /-ē/)
lēgionnaire /-nārˈ/ (Fr légionnaire) noun A member of the British, Foreign, etc Legion legionnaire's disease or legionnaires' disease noun A severe, sometimes fatal, pneumonia-like disease caused by the bacterium Legionella pneumophilia (so named after an outbreak of the disease at an American Legion convention in Philadelphia in 1976) Legion of Honour noun A French order instituted in 1802 by Napoleon I American Legion An association of US war veterans British Legion (in full Royal British Legion) an ex-servicemen's and -women's association Foreign Legion A legion composed of foreigners, esp that in the French Army organized in 1831 their name is Legion They are too many to number (from Bible, Mark 5.9) Thundering Legion In Christian tradition, a body of soldiers under Marcus Aurelius, whose prayers brought down a thunderstorm and destroyed the enemy |
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