• n. 工兵；坑道工兵；挖掘器
• n. (Sapper)人名；(英)薩珀；(德)扎佩爾

來自 sap,挖地道，挖戰(zhàn)壕，-er,人。即地道兵，引申詞義工兵，工程兵。

sapper (n.)

1620s, in a military context, "soldier employed in building fortifications," agent noun from sap (v.1).

1. Suddenly we saw lots of specks running off Sapper Hill.

突然我們看到許多小黑點(diǎn),從薩珀山跑走了.

來自辭典例句

2. Making sure that there was nobody about, the sapper touched off the explosive.

確信周圍無人了, 工兵才把炸藥點(diǎn)著.

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