单词 | squadron |
释义 | squadron/ˈskwɒdrən /noun 1An operational unit in an air force consisting of two or more flights of aircraft and the personnel required to fly them.Indeed, the Polish airmen who managed to reach the UK formed a fully-fledged Polish air force with 14 squadrons and support services, and this by 1941....
1.1A principal division of an armoured or cavalry regiment, consisting of two or more troops.Numerically, each of its three cavalry squadrons has the equivalent of a tank battalion, a mechanized battalion, and an artillery battery....
1.2A group of warships detached on a particular duty or under the command of a flag officer.One of their drones shadowing the withdrawing enemy fleet has detected a squadron of enemy warships detaching from the main body....
1.3 informal A large group of people or things: he immediately commissioned a squadron of architects...
OriginMid 16th century (originally denoting a group of soldiers in square formation): from Italian squadrone, from squadra 'square'. |
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