- (British English) (used especially when talking to a police officer) (also police constable, PC)
(in the UK and some other countries) a police officer of the lowest rank （通常指小城镇的）警员，治安官 Extra ExamplesTopics Law and justicec2, Jobsc2The force hopes to increase the number of its beat constables. 警察部队希望增加片区巡警的数量。 The children were taken out of the room by a woman police constable. 孩子们被一名女警员带到了房间外。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- police
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- the rank of constable
(in the US 美国 an official with some of the powers of a police officer, typically in a small town （通常指小城镇的）警员，治安官
Word OriginMiddle English originally the governor of a royal castle: from Old French conestable, from late Latin comes stabuli ‘count (head officer) of the stable’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th cent.