| 单词 | cohort |
| 释义 | cohort /koh"hawrt/, n. 1. a group or company: She has a cohort of admirers. 2. a companion or associate. 3. one of the ten divisions in an ancient Roman legion, numbering from 300 to 600 soldiers. 4. any group of soldiers or warriors. 5. an accomplice; abettor: He got off with probation, but his cohorts got ten years apiece. 6. a group of persons sharing a particular statistical or demographic characteristic: the cohort of all children born in 1980. 7. Biol. an individual in a population of the same species. [1475-85; < MF cohorte < L cohort- (s. of cohors) farmyard, armed force (orig. from a particular place or camp), cohort, retinue, equiv. to co- CO- + hort- (akin to hortus garden); r. late ME cohors < L nom. sing.] Syn. 2. friend, comrade, fellow, chum, pal, buddy. Usage. A COHORT was originally one of the ten divisions of a legion in the Roman army, containing from 300 to 600 men. The most common use of COHORT today is in the sense "group" or "company": A cohort of hangers-on followed the singer down the corridor. In a development emphasizing the idea of companionship, COHORT has also come to mean a single companion, associate, or the like: The senator strode into the room followed by his faithful cohort, his son-in-law. |
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