lieutenant 音标拼音: [lut'ɛnənt]
n . 中尉,助理人员,副官
中尉,助理人员,副官
lieutenant n 1 :
a commissioned military officer 2 :
an officer in a police force [
synonym : {
lieutenant }, {
police lieutenant }]
3 :
an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent [
synonym : {
deputy }, {
lieutenant }]
4 :
an officer holding a commissioned rank in the United States Navy or the United States Coast Guard ;
below lieutenant commander and above lieutenant junior grade Lieutenant \
Lieu *
ten "
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t [
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n "
ant ),
n . [
F .,
fr .
lieu place tenant holding ,
p .
pr .
of tenir to hold ,
L .
tenere .
See {
Lieu },
and {
Tenant },
and cf . {
Locum tenens }.]
1 .
An officer who supplies the place of a superior in his absence ;
a representative of ,
or substitute for ,
another in the performance of any duty .
[
1913 Webster ]
The lawful magistrate ,
who is the vicegerent or lieutenant of God . --
Abp .
Bramhall .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
(
a )
A commissioned officer in the army ,
next below a captain .
(
b )
A commissioned officer in the British navy ,
in rank next below a commander .
(
c )
A commissioned officer in the United States navy ,
in rank next below a lieutenant commander .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
Lieutenant is often used ,
either adjectively or in hyphened compounds ,
to denote an officer ,
in rank next below another ,
especially when the duties of the higher officer may devolve upon the lower one ;
as ,
lieutenant general ,
or lieutenant -
general ;
lieutenant colonel ,
or lieutenant -
colonel ;
lieutenant governor ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
{
Deputy lieutenant },
the title of any one of the deputies or assistants of the lord lieutenant of a county . [
Eng .]
{
Lieutenant colonel },
an army officer next in rank above major ,
and below colonel .
{
Lieutenant commander },
an officer in the United States navy ,
in rank next below a commander and next above a lieutenant .
{
Lieutenant general }.
See in Vocabulary .
{
Lieutenant governor }.
(
a )
An officer of a State ,
being next in rank to the governor ,
and in case of the death or resignation of the latter ,
himself acting as governor . [
U .
S .]
(
b )
A deputy governor acting as the chief civil officer of one of several colonies under a governor general .
[
Eng .]
[
1913 Webster ]
162 Moby Thesaurus words for "
lieutenant ":
ADC ,
CO ,
G -
man ,
MP ,
OD ,
acolyte ,
adjutant ,
admiral ,
advocate ,
agent ,
aid ,
aide ,
aide -
de -
camp ,
aider ,
alter ego ,
alternate ,
amicus curiae ,
assistant ,
attendant ,
attorney ,
auxiliary ,
backup ,
backup man ,
bailiff ,
beadle ,
beagle ,
best man ,
bound bailiff ,
brigadier ,
brigadier general ,
captain ,
catchpole ,
champion ,
chicken colonel ,
chief of police ,
chief of staff ,
chief petty officer ,
coadjutant ,
coadjutor ,
coadjutress ,
coadjutrix ,
colonel ,
commandant ,
commander ,
commander in chief ,
commanding officer ,
commissioned officer ,
commissioner ,
commodore ,
company officer ,
constable ,
deputy ,
deputy sheriff ,
detective ,
dummy ,
ensign ,
exec ,
executive officer ,
exponent ,
fed ,
federal ,
field marshal ,
field officer ,
figurehead ,
first lieutenant ,
five -
star general ,
fleet admiral ,
flic ,
four -
star general ,
gendarme ,
general ,
general officer ,
generalissimo ,
government man ,
help ,
helper ,
helpmate ,
helpmeet ,
inspector ,
jemadar ,
junior officer ,
lictor ,
lieutenant colonel ,
lieutenant commander ,
lieutenant general ,
lieutenant junior grade ,
locum ,
locum tenens ,
mace -
bearer ,
major ,
major general ,
marechal ,
marshal ,
mounted policeman ,
narc ,
naval officer ,
navarch ,
officer ,
one -
star general ,
orderly officer ,
paranymph ,
paraprofessional ,
patrolman ,
peace officer ,
petty officer ,
pinch hitter ,
pleader ,
police captain ,
police commissioner ,
police constable ,
police inspector ,
police matron ,
police officer ,
police sergeant ,
policeman ,
policewoman ,
portreeve ,
procurator ,
proxy ,
rear admiral ,
reeve ,
representative ,
risaldar ,
roundsman ,
second ,
second in command ,
secondary ,
senior officer ,
sergeant ,
sergeant at arms ,
servant ,
shavetail ,
sheriff ,
sideman ,
sirdar ,
skipper ,
staff officer ,
stand -
in ,
subahdar ,
subaltern ,
sublieutenant ,
substitute ,
superintendent ,
supporting actor ,
supporting instrumentalist ,
surrogate ,
the Old Man ,
the brass ,
three -
star general ,
tipstaff ,
tipstaves ,
top brass ,
trooper ,
two -
star general ,
understudy ,
utility man ,
vicar ,
vicar general ,
vice ,
vice admiral ,
vicegerent ,
warrant officer Lieutenant (
only in A .
V .
Esther 3 :
12 ;
8 :
9 ;
9 :
3 ;
Ezra 8 :
36 ),
a governor or viceroy of a Persian province having both military and civil power .
Correctly rendered in the Revised Version "
satrap ."
LIEUTENANT .
This word has now a narrower meaning than it formerly had ;
its true meaning is a deputy ,
a substitute ,
from the French lieu , (
place or post )
and tenant (
holder ).
Among civil officers we have lieutenant governors ,
who in certain cases perform the duties of governors ; (
vide ,
the names of the several states ,)
lieutenants of police , &
c .
Among military men ,
lieutenant general was formerly the title of a commanding general ,
but now it signifies the degree above major general .
Lieutenant colonel ,
is the officer between the colonel and the major .
Lieutenant simply signifies the officer next below a captain .
In the navy ,
a lieutenant is the second officer next in command to the captain of a ship .
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