喜樂美語

核心畫面

You can picture a squad as a small band of people pulled together to act as one unit: not a loose crowd, but a tight little team — soldiers, players, officers — assembled for one job and working shoulder to shoulder.

可以把 squad 想成一小撮被湊在一起、當成一個整體行動的人：不是鬆散的一群，而是一支綁得很緊的小隊——士兵、球員…更多收起可以把 squad 想成一小撮被湊在一起、當成一個整體行動的人：不是鬆散的一群，而是一支綁得很緊的小隊——士兵、球員、警員——為了同一件任務集合起來，肩並肩一起做事。核心畫面比較像「一支共進退的小隊」，後面幾個意思都是把這支小隊放到不同場合而已。

From the picture

運動場上的隊伍

把『一起行動的小隊』搬到運動場：一支球隊待命的那群球員，教練要從裡面挑人上場，他們就像為同一場比賽集合起來的小隊。

team roster · noun · C2

A group of players that a sports team will be chosen from for a game or event.

（運動）隊員名單

Also in this word

small military unit · noun · C2

A few soldiers grouped into one small unit that trains and acts together.

（軍隊）班；小隊

police unit · noun · C2

A part of the police that deals with one special kind of crime.

（警方）專責小組

原始詞典資料12 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。

Squadname詞源 1

  • 1

    governmentpoliticsAn informal group of left-wing Democrats in the House of Representatives.

    • Squad members and their allies may also have to contend with pro-Israel Super Pacs and dark-money groups spending tens of millions of dollars on attack ads in a bid to unseat them. […] “A lot of us have seen the headlines that Squad or Squad-adjacent members could be in trouble this cycle,” said Chris Scott, the co-founder and president of the Advance the Electorate political action committee (Ate Pac), which recruits and trains young progressives.

Squadname詞源 2

  • 1

    informalAn informal military alliance between the United States, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines, focused on Asian security matters.

  • 2

    A grouping of the United States, Japan, Australia, and the Philippines.

squadnoun詞源 1/ˈskwɒd/

  • 1

    A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.

    • He assembled a squad of ten to take on the assassin.
  • 2

    A group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.

    • A squad of soldiers ordered them to disperse but instead of doing so they commenced throwing ice and rocks.
  • 3

    ball-gamescricketgamesA group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.

  • 4

    informalA group of people organized for some common purpose, usually of about ten members.

    • At one point, the 400-ton Calypso was brought to a standstill by a squad of squid which clogged the engines and caused a power failure. Other, highlights included an attack by predatory blue sharks, […]
    • The Sea Life Centre retains a squad of squid and such.
  • 5

    slangOne's friend group, taken collectively; one's peeps.

    • anyway, sheʼs resigned herself to hanging out with the squad at uni rather than going manhunting

squadverb詞源 1/ˈskwɒd/

  • 1

    To act as part of, or on behalf of, a squad.

    • We squad on the fifth of the month.
  • 2

    To transport by ambulance.

squadnoun詞源 2/ˈskwæd/

  • 1

    dialectalSloppy mud.

    • The lass ran all among the muck and squad.
    • An' she did n't not solidly mean I wur / gawin' that waäy to the bad, Fur the gell was as howry a trollope as / iver traäpes'd i' the squad.

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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。