battalion
battalion 英 [bəˈtæliən] 美 [bəˈtæljən]
n. 军营，营(约一千人)；队伍；
名词复数:battalions
- A battalion is a unit of an army. One battalion usually consists of three of more companies and a headquarters.
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- n. 军营，营(约一千人)；队伍；
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1. a battalion of supporters
由支持者组成的队伍
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2. Anthony was ordered to return to his battalion.
安东尼受命返回自己的军营。
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3. Our battalion would lie in ambush on the mountainside.
我们营将埋伏在山腰.
- battalion (n.) 1580s, from Middle French bataillon (16c.), from Italian battaglione "battle squadron," from diminutive of Vulgar Latin battalia "battle," from Latin bauttere "to beat" (see batter (v.)). Specific sense of "part of a regiment" is from 1708. The oft-repeated quote "God is on the side of the largest battalions" (with many variants) usually is attributed to 17c. French military genius and marshal Turenne:
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