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单词 troop
释义 troop
I. \ˈtrüp\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle French troupe, from troupeau herd, crowd, from Old French, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English throp, thorp group, village — more at thorp
1.
 a. : a group of soldiers : a body of armed men
  < the small troop … that guarded the settlement was drawn up on parade — Leslie Thomas >
 b.
  (1) : a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company
  (2) : a company of horse artillery
 c. : armed forces : soldiers — usually used in plural
  < victorious troops >
2.
 a. : a collection of people or things : company
  < a mobile and dynamic troop whose major aims are the improvement of the mind — E.O.Hauser >
 b. : a considerable number : a large quantity
  < she had … troops of friends — Havelock Ellis >
  < troops of servants and endless leisure — Letitia Fairfield >
3. : a flock of animals or birds
 < suddenly started a troop of tall giraffes — H.R.Haggard >
 < troops of finches and linnets up here — Richard Jefferies >
4.
 a. : a unit of at least five boy scouts of the Boy Scouts of America under the leadership of a scoutmaster
 b. : a unit of the Girl Scouts comprising a group of usually 8 to 32 girls and 1 or 2 adult leaders who meet regularly to carry on Girl Scout activities
II. verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
intransitive verb
1. : to gather in crowds : come together : assemble
 < armies at the call of trumpet … troop to the standard — John Milton >
2. : to go one's way : walk
 < trooped off to market — Bessie Hackett >
 < trooped away to the ball game >
3. : to consort in company : associate — usually used with with
 < a snowy dove trooping with crows — Shakespeare >
4. : to move in an orderly manner : march in or as if in file
 < the fourth grade trooped in — Frances G. Patton >
 < pushed back their chairs and trooped into the kitchen — Kenneth Roberts >
5. : to move in large numbers : go as a big group : throng
 < the miners troop home … trailing slowly in gangs across the white field — D.H.Lawrence >
 < hordes of hysterical revelers trooping through their rooms — Green Peyton >
transitive verb
obsolete : to unite with or form into a troop

- troop the colors
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