单词 | vedette |
释义 | vedette /vi det"/, n. (formerly) 1. Also called vedette boat. a small naval launch used for scouting. 2. a mounted sentry in advance of the outposts of an army. Also, vidette. [1680-90; < F < It vedetta outlook where a sentinel is posted, alter. of earlier veletta (of debated orig.) by assoc. with vedere to see; see -ETTE] |
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