corps
corps
[kɔː]
(pl. corps kɔːz)
[kɔː]
(pl. corps kɔːz)
- [often in names]a main subdivision of an army in the field, consisting of two or more divisions
军（陆军的主要分支，由两个或两个以上师的兵力组成）
the 5th Army Corps.
陆军第五军。
■a branch of an army assigned to a particular kind of work
（被指派特定工作的）队；部队
the Royal Army Medical Corps.
皇家陆军医疗队。
■[with adj. or noun modifier]a body of people engaged in a particular activity
（从事特定工作的）一组；一队
the press corps.
记者团。 - short for corps de ballet
corps de ballet 的简称
- late 16th cent.: from French, from Latin corpus 'body'
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