troop
noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(collective)A collection of people; a number; a multitude (in general).
- 2.
(military) A small unit of cavalry or armour commanded by a captain, corresponding to a platoon or company of infantry.
- 3.
A detachment of soldiers or police, especially horse artillery, armour, or state troopers.
- 4.
(in plural)(chiefly in the plural) A group of soldiers; military forces.
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(nonstandard)(military, nonstandard) An individual soldier or member of a military force; a trooper.
2022, CNN, First Russian troop to speak out publicly against Putin’s war. Hear what he has to say (archived)
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(nonstandard)A company of actors; a troupe.
- 7.
(scouting) A chapter of a national girl or boy scouts organization, consisting of one or more patrols of 6 to 8 youngsters each.
Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell (1920), Aids To Scoutmastership, page 6: “It is the Patrol System that makes the Troop, and all Scouting for that matter, a real co-operative effort.”
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(collective)A group of monkeys.
- 9.
A group of meerkat families living together.
- 10.
A particular roll of the drum; a quick march.
- 11.
(mycology) A group of mushrooms that are close but not close enough to be called a cluster.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To move in numbers; to come or gather in crowds or troops.
- 2.
To march on; to go forward in haste.
- 3.
To move or march as if in a crowd.
The children trooped into the room.
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ine-pro Attested in English since 1545, from French troupe, from troupeau, from Middle French trope, troupe, from Old French trope, trupe, of unknown origin. Compare troppus.