| 词汇 | marine |
| 词源 | marine. The term marine for a type of soldier didn’t originate with the U.S. Marines but dates back to the early 17th century when the word (from the Latin marinus, “of the sea”) was used in England to describe specially trained soldiers serving on British warships. |
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