constabulary是什么意思？

constabulary

英[kənˈstæbjələri] 美[kənˈstæbjəleri]

• n. （某地区、国家的）警察部队（或警察机构），警区，（负责治安的）保安部队；
• adj. 警官的，警察的，治安管辖区的；

复数：constabularies;

例句

• constabulary action 警方行动
• Jones, look you had joined constabulary force. 琼斯, 看来你已经加入警察部队了.
• By the time the town constabulary had been roused, Feliks had melted away. 等镇上的警察动员起来, 费利克斯已经无影无踪了.
• It seemed that you had joined the constabulary. 看来你已经加入警察部队了。
• ...the Chief Constable of the Nottinghamshire Constabulary. 诺丁汉郡警察局局长

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  (英国等国家某一地区的)警察部队
  In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
  例句
  ...the Chief Constable of the Nottinghamshire Constabulary. 诺丁汉郡警察局局长
• N-COUNT
  (美国某一地区的)巡官队伍，巡官队伍辖区
  In the United States, a constabulary is the constables in a particular area, or the area that they are responsible for.

英汉词典释义

• n.
  (某地区、国家的)警察部队
  constabulary action 警方行动

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. the force of policemen and officers;
  "the law came looking for him"