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squadron

英 ['skwɒdrən] 美['skwɑdrən]
  • n. 空军中队;一群;骑兵中队;分遣队;小舰队
  • vt. 把…编成中队
  • n. (Squadron)人名;(英)斯夸德伦

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词态变化


复数: squadrons;

助记提示


1. square => squad => squadron.
2. A squadron is etymologically a 'square'. The current sense 'military group' comes from an earlier 'square formation of troops'.

中文词源


squadron 中队,大队

来自意大利语 squadrone,大队,中队,来自 squadra,营,队伍,词源同 square,方阵,-one,大 词后缀。

英文词源


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.

双语例句


1. They saw a squadron of fifteen motorcycle policemen driving in V-formation.
他们看见15名警察骑着摩托车排成V字形前行。

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2. He was posted to Hong Kong as second-in-command of C Squadron.
他被派遣到香港任C中队的副队长。

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3. In 1942 he took command of 108 Squadron.
1942年,他是108飞行中队的指挥官.

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4. Both of the dead men were identified as from No 15 squadron.
两名死者都被认出是15中队的.

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5. In the first ten days of May our squadron accounted for at least seven enemy aircraft.
5月的头10天里我们中队至少报销了7架敌机。

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