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corps n.军团；兵团；队 (1) 当时他们正在为军团募集志愿兵。(2) 最近国防部把军队编成了兵团.(3) 由于预算的限制，海军陆战队开始裁员。 Although the word corps comes from the Latin corpus, for “body,” don’t pronounce the p or you’re talking about the kind of body that goes in a coffin. The main meaning of a corps (which is singular despite the s) is a unit of the army. The word applies to other groups, too. A law firm has a corps of lawyers, a doctor has a corps of nurses, and a tiny car could have a corps of clowns.

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英 [kɔː(r)] 美 [kɔːr] (1) They were then beating up volunteers for the corps.(2) The Ministry of National Defence has recently embodied the troops in army corps.(3) The Marine Corps began to slim down under budget restrictions. A corps is an army unit consisting of at least two divisions. This word can also refer to other groups of people, like a press corps, which is a gang of journalists trying to get the scoop. 1[N-COUNT； N-IN-NAMES 名称名词；名称名词](陆军)特种部队 A corps is a part of the army which has special duties. ...the Army Medical Corps.陆军医疗队...the Russian Officer Corps.俄罗斯军官团2[N-COUNT 可数名词](美国)海军陆战队 The Corps is the United States Marine Corps.   [the N]  [AM 美]...seventy-five men, all combat veterans, all members of The Corps' most exclusive unit.75名队员，个个作战经验丰富，全都来自海军陆战队的精锐分队3[N-COUNT 可数名词](从事某种特殊工作的)一组人，一群人 A corps is a small group of people who do a special job.   [supp N]...the diplomatic corps.外交使节团...the foreign press corps.外国媒体团

英语单词	corps
英美音标	英 [kɔː(r)] 美 [kɔːr]
中文释义	n.军团；兵团；队
英语例句	(1) They were then beating up volunteers for the corps. (2) The Ministry of National Defence has recently embodied the troops in army corps. (3) The Marine Corps began to slim down under budget restrictions.
中文例句	(1) 当时他们正在为军团募集志愿兵。 (2) 最近国防部把军队编成了兵团. (3) 由于预算的限制，海军陆战队开始裁员。
vocabulary简明	A corps is an army unit consisting of at least two divisions. This word can also refer to other groups of people, like a press corps, which is a gang of journalists trying to get the scoop.
vocabulary扩展	Although the word corps comes from the Latin corpus, for “body,” don’t pronounce the p or you’re talking about the kind of body that goes in a coffin. The main meaning of a corps (which is singular despite the s) is a unit of the army. The word applies to other groups, too. A law firm has a corps of lawyers, a doctor has a corps of nurses, and a tiny car could have a corps of clowns.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT； N-IN-NAMES 名称名词；名称名词](陆军)特种部队 A corps is a part of the army which has special duties. ...the Army Medical Corps. 陆军医疗队 ...the Russian Officer Corps. 俄罗斯军官团 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词](美国)海军陆战队 The Corps is the United States Marine Corps. [the N] [AM 美] ...seventy-five men, all combat veterans, all members of The Corps' most exclusive unit. 75名队员，个个作战经验丰富，全都来自海军陆战队的精锐分队 3 [N-COUNT 可数名词](从事某种特殊工作的)一组人，一群人 A corps is a small group of people who do a special job. [supp N] ...the diplomatic corps. 外交使节团 ...the foreign press corps. 外国媒体团

Corps Army Word Marine Unit Press Special N Count