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Squad Square French 4651.Squad 英 Skwɒd]美 Skwɑd 释义

正面 4651.squad
英 [skwɒd]美 [skwɑd]

背面
释义:
n. 班;小队;五人组(篮球队的非正式说法)vt. 把…编成班;把…编入班
例句:
1. Fraud squad officers had bugged the phone and were ready to pounce.反诈骗小组的警员们已在电话上安装了窃听器,并随时准备突击。

1. square => squad.
squad 军队的班,小组,队伍来自法语 esquade,班组,方队,来自意大利语 squadra,营,队伍,来自通俗拉丁语*exquadra, 方阵,词源同 square,方阵。引申诸相关词义。
squad (n.)1640s, "small number of military men detailed for some purpose," from French esquade, from Middle French escadre, from Spanish escuadra or Italian squadra "battalion," literally "square," from Vulgar Latin *exquadra (see square (n.)). Before the widespread use of of automatic weapons, infantry troops tended to fight in a square formation to repel cavalry or superior forces. Extended to sports 1902, police work 1905."

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