單詞
squadron
英 ['skw?dr?n]
美['skwɑdr?n]
基本信息
- n. 空軍中隊(duì)；一群；騎兵中隊(duì)；分遣隊(duì)；小艦隊(duì)
- vt. 把…編成中隊(duì)
- n. (Squadron)人名；(英)斯夸德倫
暢通詞匯CET6+TEM4低頻詞
詞態(tài)變化
復(fù)數(shù):?squadrons;
助記提示
1. square => squad => squadron.
2. A squadron is etymologically a 'square'. The current sense 'military group' comes from an earlier 'square formation of troops'.
2. A squadron is etymologically a 'square'. The current sense 'military group' comes from an earlier 'square formation of troops'.
中文詞源
squadron 中隊(duì)，大隊(duì)
來(lái)自意大利語(yǔ) squadrone,大隊(duì)，中隊(duì)，來(lái)自 squadra,營(yíng)，隊(duì)伍，詞源同 square,方陣，-one,大 詞后綴。
英文詞源
- squadron
- squadron: [16] A squadron is etymologically a ‘square’. The current sense ‘military group’ comes from an earlier ‘square formation of troops’. The word was borrowed from Italian squadrone, a derivative of squadra ‘square’, which comes from the same source as English square. The related squad [17] comes from French escouade, an alteration of escadre, which was acquired from Italian squadra.
=> quarter, square - squadron (n.)
- 1560s, from Italian squadrone, augmentative of squadra "battalion," literally "square" (see squad). As a division of a fleet, from 1580s, of an air force, 1912.
雙語(yǔ)例句
- 1. They saw a squadron of fifteen motorcycle policemen driving in V-formation.
- 他們看見(jiàn)15名警察騎著摩托車(chē)排成V字形前行。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was posted to Hong Kong as second-in-command of C Squadron.
- 他被派遣到香港任C中隊(duì)的副隊(duì)長(zhǎng)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 3. In 1942 he took command of 108 Squadron.
- 1942年,他是108飛行中隊(duì)的指揮官.
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
- 4. Both of the dead men were identified as from No 15 squadron.
- 兩名死者都被認(rèn)出是15中隊(duì)的.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. In the first ten days of May our squadron accounted for at least seven enemy aircraft.
- 5月的頭10天里我們中隊(duì)至少報(bào)銷(xiāo)了7架敵機(jī)。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
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