platoon

英 [pl?'tu?n] 美[pl?'tun]

TEM8低頻詞暢通詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?platoons;

platoon （軍隊(duì)的）排，一群

來自法語peloton,排，一群人，來自古法語pelote,球，詞源同pill,pellet.-on,小詞后綴。

platoon: platoon: [17] Platoon means etymologically ‘little ball’. It comes from French peloton, a diminutive form of pelote ‘ball’ (source of English pellet). The notion of a ‘small ball’ was extended in French to a ‘little cluster of people or group of soldiers’ – hence the meaning of English platoon.
=> pellet, pelota
platoon (n.): 1630s, from French peloton "platoon, group of people," from Middle French peloton (15c.), literally "little ball," hence, "agglomeration," diminutive of Old French pelote "ball" (see pellet).
platoon (v.): in baseball, "to alternate (a player) with another in the same position," 1967, from platoon (n.), which had been used in team sports since 1941.

2. Platoon sergeants fell their men in on the barrack square.: 排長(zhǎng)們?cè)跔I(yíng)房廣場(chǎng)上整頓隊(duì)伍.

3. The platoon made its way to the pre - arranged rendezvous in the desert.: 這個(gè)排向事先約定的沙漠中的會(huì)合點(diǎn)進(jìn)發(fā).

4. The lieutenant was put in charge of an infantry platoon.: 中尉被委任指揮一個(gè)步兵排.

5. Seeing the platoon leader returning, everybody rushed up to meet him.: 看見排長(zhǎng)回來了, 大家趕忙迎上去.