squadron
英 ['skw?dr?n]
美 ['skwɑdr?n]
- n. 空軍中隊；一群；騎兵中隊；分遣隊；小艦隊
- vt. 把…編成中隊
- n. (Squadron)人名；(英)斯夸德倫
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'.
中文詞源
squadron 中隊，大隊來自意大利語 squadrone,大隊，中隊，來自 squadra,營，隊伍，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.
雙語例句
- 1. They saw a squadron of fifteen motorcycle policemen driving in V-formation.
- 他們看見15名警察騎著摩托車排成V字形前行。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was posted to Hong Kong as second-in-command of C Squadron.
- 他被派遣到香港任C中隊的副隊長。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. In 1942 he took command of 108 Squadron.
- 1942年,他是108飛行中隊的指揮官.
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Both of the dead men were identified as from No 15 squadron.
- 兩名死者都被認出是15中隊的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. In the first ten days of May our squadron accounted for at least seven enemy aircraft.
- 5月的頭10天里我們中隊至少報銷了7架敵機。
來自柯林斯例句