sapper
noun[C]
uk/ˈsæp.ər/us/ˈsæp.ɚ/militaryspecialized
asoldierwho doesjobssuch asbuildingbridges,repairingroads, andlayingandclearinglandmines(=undergroundbombs):
Originally, sappersdug"saps", ortrenches, tounderminethewallsoffortifications.最初，工兵们挖"地雷"或战壕来破坏防御工事的墙壁。
UN-trainedlocalsappers havelocatedanddestroyedmore than 10,000 antitankmines.联合国训练的当地工兵已经找到并销毁了10,000多枚反坦克地雷。
Synonym
combat engineer
militaryUKspecialized
asoldierin the Corps ofRoyalEngineers, aunitof the BritishArmy:
英国皇家工兵He was a 20-year-old sapper in theRoyalEngineers.他当时20岁，是英国皇家工兵部队的一名工兵。
- The sappersclearedtheareaanddetonatedtheshell.
- The Kazakhtroopsare sappers,trainedtodisposeofexplosives.
- Alanservedas a sapper in the 17th Construction Engineers.
- Likespecialforcesandrangers, sappers mustattendaspecializedschoolwhere they aretaughttoperformunder theharshestconditions.
Soldiers & people who fight in wars
- anti-guerrilla
- Anzac
- berserker
- capability
- cavalryman
- combat engineer
- comrade
- conqueror
- ex-serviceman
- ex-servicewoman
- foot soldier
- headhunter
- militiaman
- raider
- recruit
- scout
- skirmisher
- soldier of fortune
- squaddie
- vassal