单词 | corps volant |
释义 | > as lemmascorps volant b. In French phrases: corps d'armée /kɔr darme/, a main division of an army in the field, an army-corps; corps de bataille /kɔr də batɑj/, the central part of an army drawn up for battle between the wings; corps d'élite /kɔr delit/, a body of picked men; a select group; corps de réserve /kɔr də rezɛrv/, a reserve force kept out of the action, to give help if needed; corps volant /kɔr vɔlɑ̃/, a body of troops intended for rapid movements. Also corps de garde n. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > group with special function or duty > [noun] > reserves standardc1325 reserves1632 reservala1645 corps de réserve1704 relief1826 mass of manoeuvre1907 society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > corps corps1711 corps d'armée1812 the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > excellence > [noun] > the choice or pick > people choicea1616 elite1738 crème de la crème1848 corps d'élite1884 premier league1898 sacred circle1939 1704 London Gaz. No. 4044/2 His Grace..ordered the Corps de Reserve to advance. 1762 S. Foote Orators i. 20 If..we estimate this corps de reserve at the half only of the standing force. 1799 Piece Family Biog. II. 82 They had immediately sent a corps d'observation into the larder. 1812 Examiner 23 Aug. 531/2 The Russian army..consisted of five corps-d'armée, each of two divisions. 1830 T. P. Thompson in Westm. Rev. Oct. 519 The apparition of a corps d'armée under the tricoloured flag. 1884 J. Sharman Cursory Hist. Swearing vi. 105 In every society there has existed a certain corps d'élite. 1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Jan. 2/3 The 1st Cavalry, a corps d'élite organized by Jefferson Davis. 1943 J. S. Huxley TVA ix. 56 A workers' corps d'élite from whose ranks men can be picked to undertake the more skilled jobs. 1958 Observer 18 May 6/4 Grammar school pupils—the bulk of our future corps d'élite. 1970 Times 19 Nov. 10/2 The Bar is not remotely a corps d'élite—as is impliedly..claimed. < as lemmas |
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