casualty是什么意思（casualty的用法）

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一、casualty是什么意思

1、casualty 伤者，遇难者

2、来自词根cad, 掉落，词源同case, accident.原指偶然伤亡者，不幸者。

二、casualty的用法

1、casualty (n.)

2、early 15c., "chance, accident; incidental charge," from casual (adj.) on model of royalty, penalty, etc. Casuality had some currency 16c.-17c. but is now obsolete. Meaning "losses in numbers from a military or other troop" is from late 15c. Meaning "an individual killed, wounded, or lost in battle" is from 1844.

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