troop

troop
noun
  1. (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
  2. 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
  1. [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
  1. (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
  1. mid 16th cent.: from French troupe, back-formation from troupeau, diminutive of medieval Latin troppus 'flock', probably of Germanic origin
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