| 单词 | brigade |
| 释义 | brigade /bri gayd"/, n. , v. , brigaded, brigading. n. 1. a military unit having its own headquarters and consisting of two or more regiments, squadrons, groups, or battalions. 2. a large body of troops. 3. a group of individuals organized for a particular purpose: a fire brigade; a rescue brigade. 4. See bucket brigade. 5. Hist. a convoy of canoes, sleds, wagons, or pack animals, esp. as used to supply trappers in the 18th- and 19th-century Canadian and U.S. fur trade. v.t. 6. to form into a brigade. 7. to group together. [1630-40; < F < OIt brigata company of soldiers, orig. group, band, equiv. to brig(are) prob. to associate (with), be together (obs. sense) (see BRIGAND) + -ata -ADE1] |
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