veteran
n
1 person with much or long experience, esp as a soldier 经验丰富的人; 老手; (尤指)老军人, 老兵
war veterans 经历过战争的老战士
veterans of two World Wars 经历过两次世界大战的老兵
veterans of the civil rights campaign 民权运动的老战士
[attrib 作定语]
a veteran politician, golfer 资深的政治家、 高尔夫球老手.
2 (also infml 口语作vet) (US) any ex-serviceman 退伍军人
`Veterans Day, ie 11 November, commemorating the armistice (1918) in World War I 停战纪念日, 退伍军人节(11月11日, 为纪念1918年第一次世界大战停战日).
The Native Americans caught and trained them and were then able to use them to carry their goods when they travelled from one camping ground to another.
美洲土著人捕捉野马,加以驯服。
He says that all this happened after I started work.