1786 as a military word, from French déployer "unroll, unfold," from Old French desploiier "unfold," from Latin displicare "unfold, scatter," from dis- (see dis-) + plicare "to fold" see ply (v.1)). "In its AFr. form regularly adopted in ME as desplay" [OED]. Related: Deployed; deploying.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The infantry began to deploy at dawn.
步兵黎明時(shí)開(kāi)始進(jìn)入戰(zhàn)斗位置.
來(lái)自辭典例句
2. At 11 o'clock each morning thousands of freshmen and sophomores used to deploy over the campus.