phalanx

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishphalanxpha‧lanx /ˈfælæŋks $ ˈfeɪ-/ noun (plural phalanxes) [countable] formal GROUP OF PEOPLEa large group of people or things standing close together so that it is difficult to go through themphalanx of A solid phalanx of policemen blocked the road.Examples from the Corpusphalanx• Stepping off the plane, the President faced a phalanx of cameras and reporters.• The blast from a phalanx of heaters struck me on opening the door.• Another group was loading kit into a phalanx of jeeps.• She wants a phalanx of allies at her back before she climbs those stairs again.• He spotted another phalanx of flies stuck to the walls.• The phalanx of ladies drew me away from there and up a gully.Origin phalanx (1500-1600) Latin Greek, “line of a battle, bone of a finger or toe”

单词	phalanx
释义	phalanx From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishphalanxpha‧lanx /ˈfælæŋks $ ˈfeɪ-/ noun (plural phalanxes) [countable] formal GROUP OF PEOPLEa large group of people or things standing close together so that it is difficult to go through themphalanx of A solid phalanx of policemen blocked the road.Examples from the Corpusphalanx• Stepping off the plane, the President faced a phalanx of cameras and reporters.• The blast from a phalanx of heaters struck me on opening the door.• Another group was loading kit into a phalanx of jeeps.• She wants a phalanx of allies at her back before she climbs those stairs again.• He spotted another phalanx of flies stuck to the walls.• The phalanx of ladies drew me away from there and up a gully.Origin phalanx (1500-1600) Latin Greek, “line of a battle, bone of a finger or toe”
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