phalanx

Word family adjectivephalangalphalangealnounphalangephalangidphalanxphalangist

pha·lanx /ˈfælæŋks $ ˈfeɪ-/ noun (plural phalanxes) [countableC] formal

GROUP OF PEOPLEa large group of people or things standing close together so that it is difficult to go through them 密集的人群；密集队形；方阵

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A solid phalanx of policemen blocked the road.

警察组成的密集人墙封锁了道路。

Examples from the Corpus

phalanx• Stepping off the plane, the President faced a phalanx of cameras and reporters.• The blast from a phalanx of heaters struck me on opening the door.• Another group was loading kit into a phalanx of jeeps.• Four made a phalanx before the booth, tapping their lead truncheons, their feet splayed like a squad of riot police.• She wants a phalanx of allies at her back before she climbs those stairs again.• He spotted another phalanx of flies stuck to the walls.• But if it came to a pitched battle, the phalanx of heavily armed, well-mounted knights was a very formidable weapon.• The phalanx of ladies drew me away from there and up a gully.

Origin phalanx

(1500-1600) Latin Greek, “line of a battle, bone of a finger or toe”

单词	phalanx
释义	phalanx Word family adjectivephalangalphalangealnounphalangephalangidphalanxphalangist pha·lanx /ˈfælæŋks $ ˈfeɪ-/ noun (plural phalanxes) [countableC] formal GROUP OF PEOPLEa large group of people or things standing close together so that it is difficult to go through them 密集的人群；密集队形；方阵 phalanx of A solid phalanx of policemen blocked the road. 警察组成的密集人墙封锁了道路。 Examples from the Corpus phalanx• Stepping off the plane, the President faced a phalanx of cameras and reporters.• The blast from a phalanx of heaters struck me on opening the door.• Another group was loading kit into a phalanx of jeeps.• Four made a phalanx before the booth, tapping their lead truncheons, their feet splayed like a squad of riot police.• She wants a phalanx of allies at her back before she climbs those stairs again.• He spotted another phalanx of flies stuck to the walls.• But if it came to a pitched battle, the phalanx of heavily armed, well-mounted knights was a very formidable weapon.• The phalanx of ladies drew me away from there and up a gully. Origin phalanx (1500-1600) Latin Greek, “line of a battle, bone of a finger or toe”
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