Platoon

(noun.) a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant.

(noun.) a team of policemen working under the military platoon system.

(noun.) a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity; 'platoons of tourists poured out of the busses'; 'the defensive platoon of the football team'.

编辑:梅尔维尔

• When she had gone through her rigid preliminaries, amounting to a sort of genteel platoon-exercise, she withdrew. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• Oh, boy, I'd like to have you two in my platoon. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• There were stragglers going by long after the regiment had passed--men who could not keep up with their platoons. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.

编辑:波西亚