fusilier

• n. 燧发枪手
• n. (Fusilier)人名；(法)菲西利耶

来自法语fusilier, 火枪，来自拉丁语focus, 火炉，火。因17世纪的火枪是由燧石点火发射。

fusilier (n.)

also fusileer, 1670s, "soldier armed with a musket," from French fusilier "musket" (17c.), literally "piece of steel against which a flint strikes flame," from Old French fuisil, foisil "steel for striking fire; flint; whetstone; grindstone" (12c.), from Vulgar Latin *focilis (petra) "(stone) producing fire," from Latin focus "hearth," in Vulgar Latin "fire" (see focus (n.)). Retained by certain regiments of the British army that were formerly armed with fusils.

1. Fusilier Jones ran towards the Ops Room to find his lieutenant.

燧发枪团士兵琼斯奔向作战指挥室寻找他的中尉长官。

来自柯林斯例句