brigade
noun /brɪˈɡeɪd/
/brɪˈɡeɪd/
Idioms - a large group of soldiers that forms a unit of an army
旅(陆军编制单位) - A special army brigade is to be formed.
一个特种陆军旅即将成立。 - a brigade of infantry
步兵旅 - units in 1st Commando Brigade
第一突击旅中的各队
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- airborne
- armoured/armored
- combat
- …
- command
- lead
- form
- …
- commander
- headquarters
- in a/the brigade
- brigade of
- A special army brigade is to be formed.
- [usually singular] (often disapproving) used, always with a word or phrase in front of it, to describe a group of people who share the same opinions or are similar in some other way
(主张相同或其他某方面相似的)伙,帮,派 - the anti-smoking brigade
反吸烟派
see also fire brigade - the anti-smoking brigade
词源mid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian brigata ‘company’, from brigare ‘contend’, from briga ‘strife’.
Idioms
the heavy mob/brigade
- (British English, informal) a group of strong, often violent people employed to do something such as protect somebody
(雇佣的)打手队,保镖团