英语词汇“phalanx”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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A phalanx is a tightly knit group of people or things, like an army troop or a bunch of fans of the same band.

Phalanx refers to any tightly formed group of soldiers or officers, and historically defines a body of Macedonian infantry whose shields overlapped. From that sense, it came to mean any close-knit group. Another definition of phalanx — any bone in a finger or toe — also came out of the military sense: these bones work together closely, just like a military phalanx. The plural for these bones is phalanges, while the plural for the other senses is phalanxes.

WORD FAMILY

phalanx: phalangeal, phalanges, phalanxes

USAGE EXAMPLES

Data are incorporated from a phalanx of personality tests that Mr. Dalio requires of his employees.

Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016)

On the night Vanessa Dundon was shot in the eye, she was on the front lines looking up at a phalanx of police.

Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016)

The political correctness police are instantly transformed into a phalanx of heathen Scrooges and Grinches.

Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016)

1n any closely ranked crowd of people

Hyper

crowd

a large number of things or people considered together

2n a body of troops in close array

Hyper

force, military force, military group, military unit

a unit that is part of some military service

n any of the bones of the fingers or toes

Hyper

bone, os

rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates

单词	phalanx
释义	phalanx (once / 2769 pages) 1n 2n A phalanx is a tightly knit group of people or things, like an army troop or a bunch of fans of the same band. Phalanx refers to any tightly formed group of soldiers or officers, and historically defines a body of Macedonian infantry whose shields overlapped. From that sense, it came to mean any close-knit group. Another definition of phalanx — any bone in a finger or toe — also came out of the military sense: these bones work together closely, just like a military phalanx. The plural for these bones is phalanges, while the plural for the other senses is phalanxes. WORD FAMILY phalanx: phalangeal, phalanges, phalanxes USAGE EXAMPLES Data are incorporated from a phalanx of personality tests that Mr. Dalio requires of his employees. Wall Street Journal(Dec 22, 2016) On the night Vanessa Dundon was shot in the eye, she was on the front lines looking up at a phalanx of police. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) The political correctness police are instantly transformed into a phalanx of heathen Scrooges and Grinches. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) 1 1n any closely ranked crowd of people Hyper crowd a large number of things or people considered together 2n a body of troops in close array Hyper force, military force, military group, military unit a unit that is part of some military service 2 n any of the bones of the fingers or toes Hyper bone, os rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
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