phalanx
美音:
[´feılæŋks
]英音:
[´feılæŋks
]n.方阵,密集队,密集人群,[解]指骨,趾骨
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phalanx为短语/超纲词汇
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名词复数:phalanxes
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phalanx
/'flæŋks; `felæŋks/
n (pl phalanges / fE5lAndVi:z; fE`lAndViz/ or ~es)
1 (in ancient Greece) close formation, esp of infantry ready for battle (古希腊)方阵(尤指步兵作战时的).
2 number of people standing together to form a compact mass 密集队形
*a phalanx of riot police 防暴警察的密集队伍.
3 (anatomy 解) any of the bones in a finger or toe 指骨; 趾骨. => illus at skeleton 见skeleton插图.
phalanx
npluralphalanxes[C]formal
[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin;Origin:Greek, 'line of a battle, bone of a finger or toe']
a large group of people or things standing close together so that it is difficult to go through them
phalanx of
A solid phalanx of policemen blocked the road.