martinet: [17] The word martinet comes from the name of Jean Martinet, a 17th-century French army officer who invented a system of drill. Indeed, it was as the term for this new drill that martinet was first used in English (‘What, d’ye find fault with Martinet? … ’tis the best exercise in the World’, William Wycherley, The Plain-Dealer 1676); not until the 18th century did the figurative sense ‘rigid disciplinarian’ emerge.
martinet (n.)
1670s, "system of strict discipline," from the name of Jean Martinet (killed at siege of Duisburg, 1672), lieutenant colonel in the Régiment du Roi, who in 1668 was appointed inspector general of the infantry. "It was his responsibility to introduce and enforce the drill and strict discipline of the French regiment of Guards across the whole infantry." [Olaf van Minwegen, "The Dutch Army and the Military Revolutions 1588-1688," 2006] The meaning "an officer who is a stickler for strict discipline" is first attested 1779 in English. The surname is a diminutive of Latin Martinus (see Martin).
双语例句
1. He's a retired Lieutenant Colonel and a bit of a martinet.
他是个退役中校,有点军人作风。
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2. They discover that the new teacher is a martinet.
他们发现新来的老师非常严格.
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3. Our dean is an understanding counselor, not a martinet.
我们的教务长是一位善解人意的好顾问, 而非厉行严格纪律者.
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4. Thomson , A . J . and A . V. Martinet . 1986 . A Practical English Grammar. Oxford University Press.