battalion
英 [b?'t?l??n]
美[b?'t?lj?n]
- n. 營，軍營；軍隊，部隊
CET6TEM8GRE中低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
復數:?battalions;
中文詞源
battalion 營
詞源同beat, 擊，打。此處指打戰(zhàn)的隊伍。
英文詞源
- 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 t?ujours v? Dieu do coté des gros Batallions. [E.Boursault, 1702]
雙語例句
- 1. He joined the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards.
- 他加入了英國近衛(wèi)步兵第一團第二營。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The battalion went directly to the airport to begin digging in.
- 該營直接開到機場掘壕防守。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Ford was attached to the battalion's first line of transport.
- 福特曾在該營的第一運輸隊服役。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Anthony was ordered to return to his battalion.
- 安東尼受命返回自己的軍營。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. a battalion of supporters
- 由支持者組成的隊伍
來自《權威詞典》