corps
noun[C,+ sing/pl verb]
uk/kɔːr/us/kɔːr/pluralcorpscorpsnoun[C, + sing/pl verb](MILITARY UNIT)
amilitaryunittrainedtoperformparticularduties:
特种部队;特殊兵种;军(团)theRoyalArmyMedical Corps皇家陆军医疗队
theintelligencecorps情报部队
Parts of armies & groups of servicemen
- battalion
- bomb disposal
- bomb squad
- cadre
- Coast Guardsman
- Cossack
- detachment
- Guards
- militia
- non-combatant
- paratroops
- patrol
- rearguard
- seal
- squad
- squadron
- the Coast Guard
- the Marine Corps
- troop
- WRAC
corpsnoun[C, + sing/pl verb](GROUP)
agroupofpeoplewho areconnectedbecause they areinvolvedin aparticularactivity:
(从事同类活动的)一群人thediplomaticcorps外交使团
thepresscorps记者团
A corps oftechniciansisaccompanyingthebandontheirtour.一队技师随同乐队作巡回演出。
Groups of people
- alliance
- an
- anti-gang
- assemblage
- babyboomer
- bunch
- flashmob
- flock
- focus group
- foursome
- fraternity
- mafia
- sandwich generation
- silent majority
- sisterhood
- special interest group
- splinter group
- squad
- suspect
- syndicate