a member of a military force that is assigned (often with international sanction) to preserve peace in a trouble area
someone who keeps peace
the pistol of a law officer in the old West
双语例句
用作名词 (n.)
As soon as he had gone, Feng Yun-thing dashed upstairs in a flurry, intending to make peace between the quarrelling women. 当下冯云卿怀着一颗怔忡不安定的心，转身踉踉跄跄跑上楼去，打算做照例的和事佬。
The American politicians who used to try to be the peace maker in the Middle East disputes stared war on Iraq. 曾经企图在中东争端中充当和事佬的美国政客们挑起了对伊拉克的战争。
