| 单词 | squad |
| 释义 | squad (once / 438 pages) n A squad is a group, gang, or team, often made up of soldiers or police officers, but any gang will do. Some people call their group of friends a squad, probably so they seem organized and tough. An army squad might focus on demolition or sharpshooting, while a police squad specializes in one particular type of crime — like a vice squad, battling drugs and illegal gambling, or a riot squad, controlling large groups of protesters. Any team of people is a squad, like a cheerleading squad or a squad of teenage graffiti artists. Squad comes from the Vulgar Latin exquadra, "square," or the shape infantry troops historically assembled in to fight. WORD FAMILYsquad: squads USAGE EXAMPLESHe also underwent questioning by a special Marine interrogation squad. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Gilbert spent time on the Raiders practice squad last season and was cut by the team in the offseason. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Just to be part of the Olympics was extra-special, again with my squad. BBC(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the smallest army unit Hypo|Hyper firing party, firing squad a squad formed to fire volleys at a military funeral or to carry out a military execution army unit a military unit that is part of an army 2n a small squad of police officers trained to deal with a particular kind of crime Syn|Hypo|Hyper police squad vice squad a police group to enforce laws against gambling and prostitution platoona team of policemen working under the military platoon system SWAT squad, SWAT team, Special Weapons and Tactics squad, Special Weapons and Tactics teama squad of policemen who have been trained to deal with violent and dangerous situations team a cooperative unit (especially in sports) 3n a cooperative unit (especially in sports) Syn|Hypo|Hyper team A-team a group of elite soldiers or a leadership group of advisors or workers in an organization batterya unit composed of the pitcher and catcher flying squada mobile group of trained people (police or executives or officials) able to move quickly in the case of emergencies major-league club, major-league teama team that plays in a major league minor-league club, minor-league teama team that plays in a minor league baseball teama team that plays baseball basketball team, fivea team that plays basketball eleven, football teama team that plays football hockey teama team that plays ice hockey JV, junior varsitya college or university team that competes at a level below the varsity team first team, varsitya team representing a college or university second stringa squad of players that are available either individually or as a team to relieve or replace the players who started the game police squada small squad of policemen trained to deal with a particular kind of crime powerhousea team considered to be the best of its class offence, offensethe team that has the ball (or puck) and is trying to score defence, defending team, defense(sports) the team that is trying to prevent the other team from scoring hit squada team of assassins sectiona small team of policemen working as part of a police platoon little-league teama team that plays in a little league crewthe team of men manning a racing shell farm club, farm teama minor-league team that is owned by a major-league team (especially in baseball) ball club, baseball club, club, ninea team of professional baseball players who play and travel together death squada clandestine military or paramilitary team who murder political dissidents or petty criminals (usually with the government's tacit approval) Sparrow Unita hit squad of the New People's Army in the Philippines vice squada police group to enforce laws against gambling and prostitution platoona team of policemen working under the military platoon system SWAT squad, SWAT team, Special Weapons and Tactics squad, Special Weapons and Tactics teama squad of policemen who have been trained to deal with violent and dangerous situations social unit, unit an organization regarded as part of a larger social group |
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