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phalanx n.方阵；密集队；密集人群；[解]指骨；趾骨 (1) 当他们作战时他们是用民兵方阵战斗。(2) 一支密集队形的军队终于前来搭救了我们。(3) 抗议者冲进了紧密的防暴警察人墙。(4) 他一直象其它无数怀疑者一样持怀疑态度。(5) 你的中指骨断了，我要把它用夹板固定好。 Phalanx refers to any tightly formed group of soldiers or officers, and historically defines a body of Macedonian infantry whose shields overlapped. From that sense, it came to mean any close-knit group. Another definition of phalanx — any bone in a finger or toe — also came out of the military sense: these bones work together closely, just like a military phalanx. The plural for these bones is phalanges, while the plural for the other senses is phalanxes.

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英 ['fælæŋks] 美 ['fælæŋks] (1) When they do fight, they fight as a militia phalanx.(2) At last, a phalanx of soldiers rescued us.(3) The protesters ran into a solid phalanx of riot police.(4) He had ranked himself in the numerous phalanx of unbelievers.(5) Your middle phalanx is broken and I will splint it. A phalanx is a tightly knit group of people or things, like an army troop or a bunch of fans of the same band. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]方阵 A phalanx is a group of soldiers or police who are standing or marching close together ready to fight.   [FORMAL 正式]2[N-COUNT 可数名词]密集的人群 A phalanx of people is a large group who are brought together for a particular purpose.   [usu N of n]  [FORMAL 正式]...a phalanx of waiters.一群服务员

英语单词	phalanx
英美音标	英 ['fælæŋks] 美 ['fælæŋks]
中文释义	n.方阵；密集队；密集人群；[解]指骨；趾骨
英语例句	(1) When they do fight, they fight as a militia phalanx. (2) At last, a phalanx of soldiers rescued us. (3) The protesters ran into a solid phalanx of riot police. (4) He had ranked himself in the numerous phalanx of unbelievers. (5) Your middle phalanx is broken and I will splint it.
中文例句	(1) 当他们作战时他们是用民兵方阵战斗。 (2) 一支密集队形的军队终于前来搭救了我们。 (3) 抗议者冲进了紧密的防暴警察人墙。 (4) 他一直象其它无数怀疑者一样持怀疑态度。 (5) 你的中指骨断了，我要把它用夹板固定好。
vocabulary简明	A phalanx is a tightly knit group of people or things, like an army troop or a bunch of fans of the same band.
vocabulary扩展	Phalanx refers to any tightly formed group of soldiers or officers, and historically defines a body of Macedonian infantry whose shields overlapped. From that sense, it came to mean any close-knit group. Another definition of phalanx — any bone in a finger or toe — also came out of the military sense: these bones work together closely, just like a military phalanx. The plural for these bones is phalanges, while the plural for the other senses is phalanxes.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]方阵 A phalanx is a group of soldiers or police who are standing or marching close together ready to fight. [FORMAL 正式] 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]密集的人群 A phalanx of people is a large group who are brought together for a particular purpose. [usu N of n] [FORMAL 正式] ...a phalanx of waiters. 一群服务员

Phalanx Group Soldiers Tightly People Military Bones Plural