1690s, probably via Dutch kommandeur from French commandeur, from Old French comandeor (see commander). In U.S. Navy, above a captain, below a rear-admiral.
双语例句
1. Air Commodore Peter Shaw
空军准将彼得∙肖
来自《权威词典》
2. The convoy commodore sees to the internal management of the convoy.
舰队司令官负责管理舰队的内部问题.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
3. Then in 1853 came four American warships under Commodore Perry, and refused to be driven away.
后来,1853年,海军准将佩里率领的四艘美国战舰来到日本, 拒不离开.
来自英汉非文学 - 历史
4. Isolation till Commodore Perry appears and ( indirectly ) precipitates the Meiji restoration.
