brigade

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bri·gade /brɪˈɡeɪd/ noun [countable]  1. PMAa large group of soldiers forming part of an army 旅〔陆军编制单位〕2  GROUP OF PEOPLEan insulting word for a group of people who have the same beliefs 帮，伙〔侮辱性用语〕 the anti-nuclear brigade 反核派3  a group of people who are organized to do something 〔为做某事而组织起来的〕队 Snowmobile brigades delivered food and medicine. 雪车队送来了食物和药品。 → fire brigade

Examples from the Corpus

brigade• There would be an attack but his brigade did not have to advance.• The troops were organized into brigades and divisions.• the back-to-nature brigade• In the Midwest, snowmobile brigades delivered food and medicine.• He was 35, married with 2 children and had been in the brigade for 11 years.• I bend down and resume sorting and lifting rocks to the other men and women in the brigade.Origin brigade (1600-1700) French Italian brigata, from brigare “to fight”, from briga “fighting”

bri·gade nounChineseSyllable  

Corpus part of large group a of soldiers forming

brigade
bri‧gade /brɪˈɡeɪd/ noun [countable]1. a large group of soldiers forming part of an army
2. an insulting word for a group of people who have the same beliefs:
    the anti-nuclear brigade
3. a group of people who are organized to do something:
    Snowmobile brigades delivered food and medicine.
⇨ fire brigade

bri·gadeBrE /brɪˈɡeɪd/ 🔊NAmE /brɪˈɡeɪd/ 🔊 nouna large group of soldiers that forms a unit of an army 旅（陆军编制单位） [usually singular] (often disapproving) used, always with a word or phrase in front of it, to describe a group of people who share the same opinions or are similar in some other way （主张相同或其他某方面相似的）伙，帮，派◆the anti-smoking brigade反吸烟派  ➡  see also fire brigade ●the ˈheavy mob/brigade(BrE, informal) a group of strong, often violent people employed to do sth such as protect sb （雇佣的）打手队，保镖团