brigade
US
UK brigade n: (military, etc.: special unit)
SC 旅 lǚ
TC 旅
TC 旅
Colonel Smith is the commander of an army brigade.
brigade n: figurative, pejorative (group on moral crusade) (为某一目的而形成的)
SC 组，队 zǔ，duì
TC 組，隊
TC 組，隊
My dad is always moaning about the "politically correct brigade."
brigade [sth/sb] vtr: (form into brigade)
SC 把…编成旅
The commander brigaded the troops into a tight formation before beginning the march.
fire department (US), fire brigade (UK) n: (fire-fighting unit)
SC 消防署 xiāo fáng shǔ
Someone called the fire department after we lit our bonfire. The fire brigade took five hours to put out the house fire.