regiment
regiment 英 [ˈredʒɪmənt] 美 [ˈrɛdʒəmənt]
n. 团；大量
进行时:regimenting 过去式:regimented 过去分词:regimented 第三人称单数:regiments 名词复数:regiments
- Use the word regiment to describe a military unit that is smaller than a division: “Geoff’s new regiment consisted of three battalions that had been based in Alabama.”
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- n. 团；大量
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1. He deserted from his regiment.
他开小差逃离他所在的团。
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2. Parachute Regiment
伞兵团
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3. The regiment is on the march.
该团在行军中。
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4. a regiment of ants
一大群蚂蚁
- regiment (n.) late 14c., "government, rule, control," from Old French regiment "government, rule" (14c.), from Late Latin regimentum "rule, direction," from Latin regere "to rule, to direct, keep straight, guide" (from PIE root *reg- "move in a straight line," with derivatives meaning "to direct in a straight line," thus "to lead, rule"). Meaning "unit of an army" first recorded 1570s (originally the reference was to permanent organization and discipline), from French. The exact number in the unit varies over time and place.
- regiment (v.) "to form into a regiment," 1610s, from regiment (n.). General sense of "organize systematically" is from 1690s. Related: Regimented; regimenting.
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