pioneer

• n. 先锋；拓荒者
• vt. 开辟；倡导；提倡
• vi. 作先驱

来自法语pionnier,步兵，先头部队，来自古法语peon,步兵，卒，来自PIE*ped,脚，词源同foot,pawn,pilot.拼写比较pen,petal.

pioneer

pioneer: [16] Pioneer was borrowed from French pionnier, a descendant of Old French paonier. This originally denoted a ‘foot soldier sent on ahead to clear the way’, and was a derivative of paon ‘foot soldier’ (whose Anglo-Norman version poun gave English pawn).
=> foot, pawn, pedal

pioneer (n.)

1520s, "foot soldier who prepares the way for the army," from Middle French pionnier "foot-soldier, pioneer," from Old French paonier "foot-soldier" (11c.), from peon (see pawn (n.2)). Figurative sense of "person who goes first or does something first" is from c. 1600. Related: Pioneers.

pioneer (v.)

1780, from pioneer (n.). Related: Pioneered; pioneering.

1. She was a suffragette and a birth control pioneer.

她参加争取妇女选举权的运动，也是节育倡导者。

来自柯林斯例句

2. a pioneer in the field of microsurgery

显微外科领域的创始人

来自《权威词典》

3. " We must learn from Uncle Lei Feng,'said the Young Pioneer.

少先队员说道: “ 我们要向雷锋叔叔学习. ”

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Li Dazhao was a pioneer of the Chinese revolution.

李大钊是中国革命的前驱.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. He is a pioneer in modern medical practice.

他是现代医学实践的先驱.

来自《简明英汉词典》