单词	phalanx
释义	phalanxpha‧lanx /ˈfælæŋks $ ˈfeɪ-/ noun (plural phalanxes) [countable] formal Word Origin WORD ORIGINphalanx Origin: 1500-1600 Latin, Greek, ‘line of a battle, bone of a finger or toe’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Stepping off the plane, the President faced a phalanx of cameras and reporters. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Another group was loading kit into a phalanx of jeeps. But if it came to a pitched battle, the phalanx of heavily armed, well-mounted knights was a very formidable weapon. Four made a phalanx before the booth, tapping their lead truncheons, their feet splayed like a squad of riot police. He spotted another phalanx of flies stuck to the walls. She wants a phalanx of allies at her back before she climbs those stairs again. The phalanx of ladies drew me away from there and up a gully. The blast from a phalanx of heaters struck me on opening the door. a large group of people or things standing close together so that it is difficult to go through themphalanx of A solid phalanx of policemen blocked the road.
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