| 英语单词 | mutiny |
|---|---|
| 英美音标 | 英 ['mjuːtəni] 美 ['mjuːtəni] |
| 中文释义 | n.兵变;叛乱 v.叛变 |
| 英语例句 | (1) There is a talk of mutiny among the sailors. (2) Mutiny was effectually laid to rest for the moment. (3) Discontent stirred the men to mutiny. (4) The captain was accused of inciting other officers to mutiny. |
| 中文例句 | (1) 水手中有种哗变的传说。 (2) 叛乱总算暂时平定了下来。 (3) 不满情绪酿成了兵变。 (4) 该上尉被控煽动军官叛变。 |
| vocabulary简明 | A mutiny is a rebellion against authority, like when sailors overthrow the captain of a ship or when a class of 8th graders refuses to dissect a frog in biology class. |
| vocabulary扩展 | Mutiny comes from an old verb, mutine, which means "revolt," and a mutiny is still like a revolt. It can be a group of people, like in the famous Mutiny on the Bounty in 1789 when the crew of a British Royal Navy ship kicked the captain out so they could stay in Tahiti. (Totally worth it.) A mutiny doesn't have to be at sea or in the military; it can be to "refuse the order of the person in authority," in other words, every teacher's nightmare. |
| 柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-VAR 可变名词](通常指士兵或水手的)反叛,哗变,暴动 A mutiny is a refusal by people, usually soldiers or sailors, to continue obeying a person in authority.
2 [VERB 动词](通常指士兵或水手)反叛,哗变,暴动 If a group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, mutiny, they refuse to continue obeying a person in authority. [V] [V
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