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单词 phalanx
释义 phalanx
 /fay"langks, fal"angks/,  n.  ,  pl.   phalanxes or, for 7, phalanges /feuh lan"jeez/,  v.  
  n.  
  1. (in ancient Greece) a group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping.
  2. any body of troops in close array.
  3. a number of individuals, esp. persons united for a common purpose.
  4. a compact or closely massed body of persons, animals, or things.
  5.  Mil.   (cap.) a radar-controlled U.S. Navy 20mm Gatling-type gun deployed on ships as a last line of defense against antiship cruise missiles.
  6. (in Fourierism) a group of about 1800 persons, living together and holding their property in common.
  7.  Anat.  ,  Zool.   any of the bones of the fingers or toes. See diag. under skeleton.
  v.i.  
  8.  Print.   to arrange the distribution of work in a shop as evenly as possible.
 [1545-55; < L < Gk phálanx military formation, bone of finger or toe, wooden roller]
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