troop: [16] Troop was borrowed from French troupe (acquired again as troupe in the 19th century). This appears to have been a backformation from troupeau ‘flock, herd’, a diminutive formation based on Latin troppus. And troppus itself may have been of Germanic origin. By the time the word reached English it was already being applied to a ‘group of soldiers’, and its plural was being used as a collective term for ‘soldiers’. => troupe
troop (n.)
1540s, "body of soldiers," 1540s, from Middle French troupe, from Old French trope "band of people, company, troop, crowd" (13c.), of uncertain origin, perhaps from Frankish *throp "assembly, gathering of people" or another Germanic source, perhaps related to Old English eorp, Old Norse thorp "village" (see thorp). OED derives the French word from Latin troppus "flock," which is of unknown origin but also might be from the proposed Germanic source. Of groups of animals from 1580s. Specifically as "a subdivision of a cavalry force" from 1580s; of Boy Scouts from 1908. Troops "armed forces" is from 1590s.
troop (v.)
1560s, "to assemble," from troop (n.). Meaning "to march" is recorded from 1590s; that of "to go in great numbers, to flock" is from c. 1600. Related: Trooped; trooping.
雙語例句
1. I was assigned to Troop A of the 10th Cavalry.
我被派往第10騎兵隊的A連。
來自柯林斯例句
2. There are reports of fresh troop movements across the border.
有報告說，新近有軍隊越過邊境。
來自柯林斯例句
3. There were reports of troop movements.
有報道稱將要調動軍隊。
來自柯林斯例句
4. The officer ordered the troop to retire from the action.
軍官下令將部隊撤出戰斗.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Troop movements can be observed from space by a satellite.