scout: [14] Etymologically, a scout is someone who ‘listens’. For the word goes back ultimately to Latin auscultāre ‘listen’, a derivative of the same base that produced Latin auris ‘ear’ (source of English aural [19] and distantly related to English ear). This passed into Old French as escouter ‘listen’ (its modern descendant is écouter), which English adopted as the verb scout, meaning ‘look about, spy’. The noun, from the French derivative escoute, followed in the 15th century. => aural, ear
scout (v.1)
late 14c., "observe or explore as a scout, travel in search of information," from Old French escouter "to listen, heed" (Modern French écouter), from Latin auscultare "to listen to, give heed to" (see auscultate). Related: Scouted; scouting.
scout (v.2)
"to reject with scorn," 1710, earlier "to mock" (c. 1600), of Scandinavian origin (compare Old Norse skuta, skute "to taunt"), probably from a source related to shout (v.). Related: Scouted; scouting; scoutingly.
scout (n.)
"person who scouts, one sent out to gain information," 1550s, from scout (v.1). Boy Scout is from 1908. Scout's honor attested from 1908.
雙語例句
1. Their mission is simply to scout out places where helicopters can land.
他們的任務只是找到能夠讓直升機著陸的地方。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He wore the garb of a scout, not a general.
他身著童子軍制服，而不是將軍的制服。
來自柯林斯例句
3. The scout opposed his arm to the blow of the enemy soldier.
偵察兵用手臂擋住敵兵的打擊.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. He was mistaken for an enemy scout and badly wounded.
他被誤認為是敵人的偵察兵,受了重傷.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The scout made a stealthy approach to the enemy position.