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单词 Indian file
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Definition of Indian file in English:

Indian file

noun
  • another term for single file
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Coming down in Indian file, Kieren couldn't produce her any later today.
    • At training, his team ran three kilometres to warm up before finishing the session with fifteen laps of Indian file, an exercise of sprinting and jogging.
    • Originally, the Italians envisaged frogmen as ‘underwater infantry’ who would walk in Indian file along the bottom of the sea towards their targets.
    • Classically, the cells tend to infiltrate as individual rows (single or Indian file) and may form concentric arrays (targetoid pattern).
    • Scouts moving in Indian file should normally face oncoming traffic and walk on the right hand side of the road, but I am aware that there are divergences of opinion on this point.

Origin

Mid 18th century: so called because it was believed that North American Indians usually marched in this order.

 
 

Definition of Indian file in US English:

Indian file

nounˈindēən ˌfīl
  • another term for single file
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At training, his team ran three kilometres to warm up before finishing the session with fifteen laps of Indian file, an exercise of sprinting and jogging.
    • Coming down in Indian file, Kieren couldn't produce her any later today.
    • Classically, the cells tend to infiltrate as individual rows (single or Indian file) and may form concentric arrays (targetoid pattern).
    • Originally, the Italians envisaged frogmen as ‘underwater infantry’ who would walk in Indian file along the bottom of the sea towards their targets.
    • Scouts moving in Indian file should normally face oncoming traffic and walk on the right hand side of the road, but I am aware that there are divergences of opinion on this point.

Origin

Mid 18th century: so called because it was believed that North American Indians usually marched in this order.

 
 
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