Squadron
['skwɒdrən] or ['skwɑdrən]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) an air force unit larger than a flight and smaller than a group.
(noun.) a cavalry unit consisting of two or more troops and headquarters and supporting arms.
(noun.) a naval unit that is detached from the fleet for a particular task.
詹妮校對--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) Primarily, a square; hence, a square body of troops; a body of troops drawn up in a square.
(n.) A body of cavarly comparising two companies or troops, and averging from one hundred and twenty to two hundred men.
(n.) A detachment of vessels employed on any particular service or station, under the command of the senior officer; as, the North Atlantic Squadron.
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例句/造句/用法:
- A wild cry of exultation arose from the Heliumite squadron, and with redoubled ferocity they fell upon the Zodangan fleet. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Word was soon brought that I was nowhere to be found, either in the palace or at my former quarters in the barracks of the air-scout squadron. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星公主.
- Porter, commanding North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- A patrol and part of a squadron. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Finally an allied squadron (1865), at anchor off Kioto, imposed a ratification of the treaties which opened Japan to the world. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It was a squadron of cavalry. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- What is a little brush between a guerilla band and a squadron of cavalry? 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- A squadron of cavalry could have ridden into the valley and captured the entire force. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- It was a stormy, windy night, such as raises whole squadrons of nondescript noises in rickety old houses. 哈麗葉特·比切·斯托. 湯姆叔叔的小屋.
- But if they did not do it two squadrons of cavalry would come and hunt them out of these hills in a week. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 喪鐘為誰而鳴.
- Among them the Greek army was encamped, and their squadrons moved to and fro--now in regular march, now in swift career. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
整理:普雷斯利