battalion

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bat·tal·ion /bəˈtæljən/ noun [countableC]

1. PMAa large group of soldiers consisting of several companies (company) 〔军队的〕营

2 a large group of people who are doing something with a particular purpose 〔为了做某事而站在一起的〕队伍

battalion of

a battalion of supporters

支持者组成的队伍

Examples from the Corpus

battalion• Our unit was a general support artillery battalion.• As for the Danuese battalion, the Sons of Death, as they called themselves, a few still had revenge on their minds.• It was the custom then to double the size of most infantry battalions and of many gunner and other units.• Miles ahead of us the lead company in the battalion was reporting machine-gun fire near the pass at 3000 feet.• On the way in, the battalion commander called in Puff the Magic Dragon.• All communication was lost between Charlie Company and the rest of the battalion.• He has seen the battalions, squadrons, tanks, infantry, and so on.• In the night of 28-29 December, two battalions penetrated in large numbers into Makamba Province.

Origin battalion

(1500-1600) French bataillon, from Old Italian battaglione, from battaglia “group of soldiers, battle”, from Late Latin battalia; → BATTLE1

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battalion