An armada is a large group of ships or boats moving together, especially a war fleet. English took the word from Spanish, where armada means a navy or a fleet.

An armadaarmada is是 a large group of ships or boats一大群船或船隻 moving together一起行動的，especially a war fleet尤其是指作戰的艦隊。English英文 took the word from Spanish是從西班牙文借來的，where在西班牙文裡 armada meansarmada 指 a navy or a fleet海軍或艦隊。

The picture many people still have is the Spanish Armada — the great fleet Spain sent against England in the 1500s.

The picture many people still have很多人心裡的畫面 is仍然是 the Spanish Armada西班牙無敵艦隊——the great fleet那支大艦隊 Spain sent against England西班牙派去攻打英格蘭的 in the 1500s十六世紀。

Though actually, speakers now stretch it. You will hear an armada of fishing boats, an armada of trucks on the road, even an armada of cameras at a famous person's door. The feeling is “so many, and they come as a mass.” It is a little colourful: news writers like it more than science books do.

Though actually不過其實，speakers now stretch it現在的人把這個字用得更廣了。You will hear你會聽到 an armada of fishing boatsan armada of fishing boats（一大票漁船）、an armada of trucks on the roadan armada of trucks on the road（路上一大票卡車），even甚至 an armada of cameras at a famous person's dooran armada of cameras at a famous person's door（名人家門口一大群攝影機）。The feeling is它給人的感覺是 "so many, and they come as a mass"「多到成群」，it is a little colourful帶點色彩：news writers like it more than science books do新聞寫作者比科學書籍作者更愛用它。

A navy is a country's whole sea force; an armada is the big group you can point at. It looks a bit like army, and the two words really are old sisters from Latin for weapons — but an armada is not an army on land, and it is not anyone's arm.

A navynavy is是 a country's whole sea force一個國家整體的海上武力；an armadaarmada is the big group則是那一大群船 you can point at你可以指出來的。It looks a bit like army它看起來有點像 army，and而 the two words really are old sisters這兩個字其實是老姊妹字 from Latin for weapons來自拉丁文的「武器」——but但 an armada is not an army on landarmada 不是陸地上的軍隊，and it is not anyone's arm也不是誰的手臂（arm）。