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
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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. He was posted to Hong Kong as second-in-command of C Squadron.
- 他被派遣到香港任C中队的副队长。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. In 1942 he took command of 108 Squadron.
- 1942年,他是108飞行中队的指挥官.
来自柯林斯例句
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句