• n. 先鋒；拓荒者
• vt. 開辟；倡導；提倡
• vi. 作先驅

來自法語pionnier,步兵，先頭部隊，來自古法語peon,步兵，卒，來自PIE*ped,腳，詞源同foot,pawn,pilot.拼寫比較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.

她參加爭取婦女選舉權的運動，也是節育倡導者。

來自柯林斯例句

2. a pioneer in the field of microsurgery

顯微外科領域的創始人

來自《權威詞典》

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

少先隊員說道: “ 我們要向雷鋒叔叔學習. ”

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

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

李大釗是中國革命的前驅.

來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》

5. He is a pioneer in modern medical practice.

他是現代醫學實踐的先驅.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》