corps
/kɔː(r)/noun
(pl. corps /kɔː/)[often in names]
1- a main subdivision of an army in the field, consisting of two or more divisions军(陆军的主要分支, 由两个或两个以上师的兵力组成):
the 5th Army Corps.
陆军第五军。
1.1
- a branch of an army assigned to a particular kind of work(被指派特定工作的)队; 部队:
the Royal Army Medical Corps.
皇家陆军医疗队。
1.2
- with adj. or noun modifier a body of people engaged in a particular activity(从事特定工作的)一组; 一队:
the press corps.
记者团。
- short for CORPS DE BALLET.CORPS DE BALLET的简称。
词源
late 16th cent.: from French, from Latin corpus 'body'.