phalanx
/ˈfælæŋks/noun
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- (pl.phalanxes) a group of people or things of a similar type forming a compact body or brought together for a common purpose密集群; 为共同目的集结的群体：
a phalanx of elegant apartment blocks.
一群高雅的公寓楼。
1.1
- a body of troops or police officers, standing or moving in close formation（军队或警官的）密集队形：
six hundred marchers set off, led by a phalanx of police.
由警方密集队列引导的600人游行队伍出发了。
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- (in ancient Greece) a body of Macedonian infantry drawn up in close order with shields touching and long spears overlapping（古希腊）方阵（排成密集队形的马其顿步兵, 盾牌紧挨、长矛互搭）。
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- (pl.phalanges /fæˈlændʒiːz/) Anatomy a bone of the finger or toe【剖】指骨; 趾骨。
词源
mid 16th cent. (denoting a body of Macedonian infantry)： via Latin from Greek.