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 \
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n . [
F .,
fr .
lieu place tenant holding ,
p .
pr .
of tenir to hold ,
L .
tenere .
See {
Lieu },
and {
Tenant },
and cf . {
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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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Lieutenant - Wikipedia The senior grade of lieutenant is known as first lieutenant in the United States, and as lieutenant in the United Kingdom and the rest of the English-speaking world
LIEUTENANT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary luˈten·ənt Add to word list a naval officer of middle rank, above an ensign; or a military officer of the lowest rank (Definition of lieutenant from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
LIEUTENANT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster In English, lieutenant is best known as a military title, but the word is still sometimes used in its original meaning to refer to a person who acts in lieu of someone else
Lieutenant | Officer, Commissioned, Rank | Britannica Lieutenant, company grade officer, the lowest rank of commissioned officer in most armies of the world The lieutenant normally commands a small tactical unit such as a platoon
LIEUTENANT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary If you refer to someone as a person's lieutenant, you mean they are that person's assistant, especially their main assistant, in an organization or activity He was my right-hand man, my lieutenant on the field, a cool, calculated footballer Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
lieutenant - Wiktionary, the free dictionary (military, US) In the US Army, Air Force and Marines, holding the rank above second lieutenant and below captain Both ranks may be referred to as " lieutenant" or as the complete forms of the ranks
lieutenant noun - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of lieutenant noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
A List of The U. S. Military Ranks in Order : Lieutenant So a lieutenant is a placeholder, one who takes the place or of or is deputy to a superior officer In non-military contexts, lieutenant is a synonym of assistant or deputy In the U S military, a lieutenant in the navy is the equivalent of a captain in the army
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What does lieutenant mean? - Definitions. net The meaning of lieutenant differs in different militaries (see comparative military ranks), but it is often subdivided into senior (first lieutenant) and junior (second lieutenant and even third lieutenant) ranks