battalion
英 [bə'tælɪən] 美 [bə'tæljən]
- n. 营，军营；军队，部队
词态变化
复数: battalions;
中文词源
battalion 营
词源同beat, 击，打。此处指打战的队伍。
英文词源
- battalion
- battalion: see battle
- battalion (n.)
- 1580s, from Middle French bataillon (16c.), from Italian battaglione "battle squadron," from diminutive of Vulgar Latin battalia "battle," from Latin bauttere "to beat" (see batter (v.)). Specific sense of "part of a regiment" is from 1708.
Madame, lui répondit-il, ne vous y fiez pas: j'ay tôujours vû Dieu do coté des gros Batallions. [E.Boursault, 1702]
双语例句
- 1. He joined the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards.
- 他加入了英国近卫步兵第一团第二营。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The battalion went directly to the airport to begin digging in.
- 该营直接开到机场掘壕防守。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Ford was attached to the battalion's first line of transport.
- 福特曾在该营的第一运输队服役。
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- 4. Anthony was ordered to return to his battalion.
- 安东尼受命返回自己的军营。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. a battalion of supporters
- 由支持者组成的队伍
来自《权威词典》