Abstract: Traditional studies of military terms are established on the basis of military science, terminology, lexicology, sociolinguistics, cognitive linguistics, rhetoric, etc. This paper explores the characteristics of the expressions of military terms based on the HNC semantic network, and aims to establish a new pattern that enables military terms to be applied in computer processing of natural languages. We hope this research can promotes further research in dictionary compilation and machine translation of military terms.

Key words: HNC theory, hierarchical network of concept, military terms