dragoon

[USA]/drə'guːn/
[UK]/drə'ɡun/
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Oversættelse

vt. tvinge med magt; forfølge med magt; undertrykke
n. kavalleri; dragesoldat
Word Forms
Past Tensedragooned
Third Person Singulardragoons
Pluraldragoons
Past Participledragooned
Present Participledragooning

Eksempelsætninger

the dragoons were stark fellows.

dragonerne var stramme typer.

she had been dragooned into helping with the housework.

hun var blevet tvunget til at hjælpe med husarbejdet.

They dragooned her into working.

De tvang hende til at arbejde.

We were dragooned into going to the opera.

Vi blev tvunget til at gå i operaen.

We were dragooned into the football team.

Vi blev tvunget til at spille på fodboldholdet.

Synonyms bludgeon, bluster, ||bounce, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, dragoon, hector, ||ruffle, strong-arm, terrorize

Synonymer: bludgeon, bluster, ||bounce, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, bullyrag, cow, dragoon, hector, ||ruffle, strong-arm, terrorize

Glanders, the atrocious Captain of Dragoons, when informed of the occurrence by Mrs. Glanders, whistled and made jocular allusions to it at dinner time.

Glanders, den frygtelige kaptajn i Dragoons, da han blev informeret om hændelsen af fru Glanders, fløjtende og lavede jocular hentydninger til det ved middagstid.

Who could have ever expected that a dragoon would drink sixpenny ale, smoke horrid bird's-eye tobacco, and let his wife wear a shabby bonnet?

Hvem kunne have forestillet sig, at en dragon ville drikke sixpenny ale, ryge frygteligt fugleøje-tobak og lade sin kone gå i en slidset hat?

Virkelige Eksempler

The Zen dragoon, think it'd hurt being hit by a tennis ball being served?

Zen-dragonen, tror du det ville gøre ondt at blive ramt af en tennisbold, der bliver servet?

Kilde: Connection Magazine

The Colonel appeared in the door a moment afterward with a dragoon revolver in his hand.

Obersten kom ind ad døren et øjeblik senere med en dragonrevolver i hånden.

Kilde: The Short Stories of Mark Twain

The sentence was drawn up beforehand; Montanelli had sent in the desired informal consent; and the judges (Colonel Ferrari, the local major of dragoons, and two officers of the Swiss guards) had little to do.

Sætningen var udarbejdet på forhånd; Montanelli havde sendt den ønskede uformelle tilladelse; og dommerne (Oberst Ferrari, den lokale major af dragoner, og to officerer af schweiziske vagter) havde ikke meget at gøre.

Kilde: The Gadfly (Original Version)

Wayne, in his celebrated campaign on the Miami, received the fire of his enemies in line; and then causing his dragoons to wheel round his flanks, the Indians were driven from their covers before they had time to load.

Wayne, i sin berømte kampagne på Miami, modtog fjendens ild i linje; og derefter fik han sine dragoner til at dreje rundt om sine flanker, og indianerne blev drevet tilbage fra deres skjul, før de havde tid til at lade.

Kilde: The Last of the Mohicans (Part Two)

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