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A large group of soldiers organized as one unit within an army. The word is also used more loosely for any group of people organized to do a job together — a "fire brigade" is the team of who come put out , and people sometimes joke about a "brigade" of fans who all love the same thing.
旅（軍隊單位）；也常見於「消防隊」這類說法
組成Comes from Italian "brigata," a group of soldiers, from "briga" meaning strife or trouble — the same old root may lie behind the word "brigand" (an armed robber).
同家族的字
- brigandboth may come from the Italian root "briga," meaning strife or fighting
原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
brigadenoun/bɹɪˈɡeɪd/
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A group of people organized for a common purpose.
- a work brigade; a fire brigade
- 2
governmentmilitarypoliticsA military unit composed of several regiments (or battalions) and including soldiers from different arms of service.
- 3
derogatoryA group of people who share views or a specific characteristic.
- More sympathy for career criminals from the bleeding-heart brigade!
- I wouldn't even want to be seen dead with those nerds of the bowl-cut brigade.
- 4
Coordinated online harassment, disruption or influencing, especially organized by an antagonistic website or community.
- We've definitely seen an increase in abusive content since certain areas began COVID lockdowns and stay home orders, we suspect because of the growth of people having time to waste doing these sorts of brigades.
brigadeverb/bɹɪˈɡeɪd/
- 1
To form or unite into a brigade; to group together.
- This is, however, a classic case where speech is brigaded with action.
- 2
To harass an individual or community online in a coordinated manner.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。