colonel

UK:  ['kɜːn(ə)l]

US:  ['kɜrn(ə)l]

复数：colonels  

n.

1.〔美国〕陆军[空军、海军陆战队]上校,〔英国〕陆军[海军陆战队]上校

1 . He had been a colonel of marines, and had shown himself a good soldier, but he had few of the qualities of a Governor.
戴维担任海军上校期间的经历，证明了他是一名优秀的战士；但很难说他具备一名总督的应有品质。

2 . But the colonel never once glanced at Rostov, and looked, as he always did at the front, stern and solemn.
可是上校没有瞧罗斯托夫一眼，而是像平常在前线那样严肃而洋洋自得地东张西望。

3 . The military alliance that faced down the Red Army might have been expected to crush the clumsy forces of Colonel Qaddafi in days.
人们期望这个曾经挫败过（苏联）红军的军事同盟在数日内粉碎卡扎菲上校不堪一击的部队。

4 . In the days since then, with Colonel Qaddafi having gained ground in Tripoli, the defection no longer seems to be on the table.
自那以后有些日子，卡扎菲在的黎波里取得很好的进展，反叛行动看起来不再公开。

5 . Colonel Korn acted decisively to arrest what seemed to him to be the beginning of an unwholesome trend in Major Tom's squadron.
科恩中校认为这是梅杰少校的中队里开始出现的一种不健康的倾向。为了防微杜渐，他果断地采取了行动。