squad

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈskwɒd/    美 /ˈskwɑd/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.
    — He assembled a squad of ten to take on the assassin.
  2. Sloppy mud. UK,dialectal
    — The lass ran all among the muck and squad.
  3. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.; A unit of tactical military personnel, or of police officers, usually of about ten members.
    — A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.
  4. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.; A group of potential players from whom a starting team and substitutes are chosen.
  5. A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.; A collective noun for a group of squid. informal
    — At one point, the 400-ton Calypso was brought to a standstill by a squad of squid which clogged the engines and caused a power failure. Other, highlights included an attack by predatory blue sharks, […]
  6. Ellipsis of squad truck. abbreviation,alt-of,ellipsis
  7. One's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps. slang
    — anyway, sheʼs resigned herself to hanging out with the squad at uni rather than going manhunting
动词 v.
  1. To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad. intransitive
    — We squad on the fifth of the month.
  2. To transport by ambulance. US,transitive

词形变化

squads plural escouade alternative squads present,singular,third-person squadding participle,present squadded participle,past squadded past escouade alternative

词汇关系

衍生词
awkward squad bomb squad cheer squad circular firing squad death squad firing squad flying squad fraud squad Freud squad God squad goon squad hit squad hold-up squad intersquad intrasquad mendicancy squad pep squad police squad practice squad red squad rummage squad snatch squad split-squad squad automatic weapon squad bay squad car squadder squaddie squaddy squad goal squadmate squadrol squad room suicide squad tac squad taxi squad touring squad truth squad vice squad
相关词
squadron

词源

词源 1
Etymology tree
Latin quadrus
Vulgar Latin *exquadrō
Italian squadraredeverb.
Italian squadra
French escouadebor.
English squad
From French escouade, from Italian squadra (“square”) (whence also French escadre). Doublet of squadra and square.
词源 2
Uncertain. Compare squick (“disgust”), squalid (“dirty”) with similar initial sounds.
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