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Posse Latin N Anglo Latin Comitatus Late Pɔsi N.武装团队

单词 posse
音标 ['pɔsi]
解释 n.武装团队
红宝书 【英】 n. 民防团 (a group of men gathered together by a sheriff to help find a criminal or keep order)
字源 posse (n.)
1640s (in Anglo-Latin from early 14c.), shortening of posse comitatus "the force of the county" (1620s, in Anglo-Latin from late 13c.), from Medieval Latin posse "body of men, power," from Latin posse "have power, be able" (see potent) + comitatus "of the county," genitive of Late Latin word for "court palace" (see comitatus). Modern slang meaning "small gang" is probably from Western movies.
不择手段背单词 n. (有武装的)民防团
【记】读: 炮死-用炮才能打死-因为他们有武装, 而且不是一个人-民防团
趣味全助记 【记】possess 占有,为了拥有占有而组织起来的人

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