battalion
英 [bəˈtæl.i.ən]
美 [bəˈtæl.i.ən]
将“battalion”分解为“bat”和“talion”,想象一群蝙蝠(bat)在战斗(talion,与拉丁词“talio”相关,意为复仇或平衡),这样形成一个有趣的形象来帮助记忆“battalion”(军队中的一个大队)。
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battalion 营词源同beat, 击,打。此处指打战的队伍。
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battalion: see battle
- battalion (n.)
- 1580s, from Middle French bataillon (16c.), from Italian battaglione "battle squadron," from diminutive of Vulgar Latin battalia "battle," from Latin bauttere "to beat" (see batter (v.)). Specific sense of "part of a regiment" is from 1708.
Madame, lui répondit-il, ne vous y fiez pas: j'ay tôujours vû Dieu do coté des gros Batallions. [E.Boursault, 1702]
- 1. He joined the second battalion of the Grenadier Guards.
- 他加入了英国近卫步兵第一团第二营。
- 2. The battalion went directly to the airport to begin digging in.
- 该营直接开到机场掘壕防守。
- 3. Ford was attached to the battalion's first line of transport.
- 福特曾在该营的第一运输队服役。
- 4. Anthony was ordered to return to his battalion.
- 安东尼受命返回自己的军营。
- 5. a battalion of supporters
- 由支持者组成的队伍