squadron

squadron

英 ['skwɒdrən]
　　美 ['skwɑdrən]

n. 空軍中隊；一群；騎兵中隊；分遣隊；小艦隊
　　vt. 把…編成中隊
　　n. (Squadron)人名；(英)斯誇德倫

中文詞源：

squadron 中隊，大隊

來自意大利語 squadrone,大隊，中隊，來自 squadra,營，隊伍，詞源同 square,方陣，-one,大 詞後綴。

例句：

1. They saw a squadron of fifteen motorcycle policemen driving in V-formation.
他們看見15名警察騎著摩托車排成V字形前行。

2. He was posted to Hong Kong as second-in-command of C Squadron.
他被派遣到香港任C中隊的副隊長。

3. In 1942 he took command of 108 Squadron.
1942年,他是108飛行中隊的指揮官.

4. Both of the dead men were identified as from No 15 squadron.
兩名死者都被認出是15中隊的.

5. In the first ten days of May our squadron accounted for at least seven enemy aircraft.
5月的頭10天裡我們中隊至少報銷瞭7架敵機。