platoon: [17] Platoon means etymologically ‘little ball’. It comes from French peloton, a diminutive form of pelote ‘ball’ (source of English pellet). The notion of a ‘small ball’ was extended in French to a ‘little cluster of people or group of soldiers’ – hence the meaning of English platoon. => pellet, pelota
platoon (n.)
1630s, from French peloton "platoon, group of people," from Middle French peloton (15c.), literally "little ball," hence, "agglomeration," diminutive of Old French pelote "ball" (see pellet).
platoon (v.)
in baseball, "to alternate (a player) with another in the same position," 1967, from platoon (n.), which had been used in team sports since 1941.
雙語例句
1. He is being guarded by a platoon of police.
有一隊警察看守著他。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Platoon sergeants fell their men in on the barrack square.
排長們在營房廣場上整頓隊伍.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. The platoon made its way to the pre - arranged rendezvous in the desert.
這個排向事先約定的沙漠中的會合點進發(fā).
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. The lieutenant was put in charge of an infantry platoon.
中尉被委任指揮一個步兵排.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
5. Seeing the platoon leader returning, everybody rushed up to meet him.