reveille
英 [rɪ'vælɪ]
美 ['rɛvəli]
reveille 军队的起床号来自法语 reveiller,吵醒,唤醒,来自 re-,再,重新,eveiller,唤醒,来自(缩写自)俗拉丁语 *exvigilare,吵醒,来自 ex-,向外,vigilare,醒来,保持清醒,词源同 vigil,wake.脱落字母 g,比 较 regulate,rule.后用于指军队的起床号。
- reveille
- reveille: see vigil
- reveille (n.)
- 1640s, from French réveillez-vous "awaken!" imperative plural of réveiller "to awaken, to wake up," from Middle French re- "again" (see re-) + eveiller "to rouse," from Vulgar Latin *exvigilare, from Latin ex- "out" + vigilare "be awake, keep watch" (see vigil).
- 1. It must be nearly six; soon would be reveille and the end of the night's rest.
- 应该快6点了;很快就要到吹起床号的时间,夜间休息就快结束了。
来自柯林斯例句