(troops)soldiers or armed forces 军队,部队 UN peacekeeping troops. 联合国维和部队。 [as modifier]troop withdrawals. 撤军。 ■a cavalry unit commanded by a captain 骑兵连 ■a unit of artillery and armoured formation 炮兵装甲连 ■a group of three or more Scout patrols (由三个或三个以上小队组成的)童子军中队
a group of people or animals of a particular kind 一群(或一批)人(或动物) a troop of musicians. 一群音乐家。
verb
[no obj., with adverbial of direction](of a group of people) come or go together or in large numbers (人)成群结队而行;集结 the girls trooped in for dinner. 姑娘们成群结队地来吃饭。 ■(of a lone person) walk at a slow or steady pace (孤身一人)缓步前行,稳步前行 Caroline trooped wearily home from work. 卡罗琳下班后疲惫地慢步回家。
常用词组 troop the colour
(Brit.)perform the ceremony of parading a regiment's flag along ranks of soldiers (英)行军旗敬礼分列式
语源
mid 16th cent.: from French troupe, back-formation from troupeau, diminutive of medieval Latin troppus 'flock', probably of Germanic origin