band

• n. 带，环；[物] 波段；(演奏流行音乐的) 乐队
• vi. 用带绑扎；给...镶边
• n. n.乐队；队；一群

来自PIE *bendh, 绑。同bend, bind, bond. 乐队义来自于旧时士兵绑一条带子在头上作为某种象征，而最早的乐队成员也有类似的动作。

1. an unofficial association of people or groups;

"the smart set goes there"

"they were an angry lot"

2. instrumentalists not including string players

3. a stripe of contrasting color;

"chromosomes exhibit characteristic bands"

4. a strip or stripe of a contrasting color or material

5. a group of musicians playing popular music for dancing

6. a range of frequencies between two limits

7. something elongated that is worn around the body or one of the limbs

8. jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger;

"she had rings on every finger"

"he noted that she wore a wedding band"

9. a strip of material attached to the leg of a bird to identify it (as in studies of bird migration)

10. a restraint put around something to hold it together

band

band: There are two distinct words band in English, but neither of them goes back as far as Old English. The one meaning ‘group of people’ [15] comes from Old French bande, but is probably Germanic in ultimate origin; the specific sense ‘group of musicians’ developed in the 17th century. Band ‘strip’ [13] comes from Germanic *bindan, source of English bind, but reached English in two quite separate phases.

It first came via Old Norse band, in the sense ‘something that ties or constrains’; this replaced Old English bend, also from Germanic *bindan (which now survives only as a heraldic term, as in bend sinister), but is now itself more or less obsolete, having been superseded by bond, a variant form. But then in the 15th century it arrived again, by a different route: Old French had bande ‘strip, stripe’, which can be traced back, perhaps via a Vulgar Latin *binda, to the same ultimate source, Germanic *bindan.
=> bend, bind, bond, bundle, ribbon

band (n.1)

"a flat strip," also "something that binds," a merger of two words, ultimately from the same source. In the sense "that by which someone or something is bound," it is attested from early 12c., from Old Norse band "thin strip that ties or constrains," from Proto-Germanic *bindan, from PIE *bendh- "to bind" (cognates: Gothic bandi "that which binds; Sanskrit bandhah "a tying, bandage," source of bandana; Middle Irish bainna "bracelet;" see bend (v.), bind (v.)). Most of the figurative senses of this word have passed into bond (n.), which originally was a phonetic variant of this band.

The meaning "a flat strip" (late 14c.) is from Old French bande "strip, edge, side," via Old North French bende, from Old High German binda, from Proto-Germanic *bindan (see above). In Middle English, this was distinguished by the spelling bande, but since the loss of the final -e the words have fully merged. Meaning "broad stripe of color" is from late 15c.; the electronics sense of "range of frequencies or wavelengths" is from 1922. The Old North French form was retained in heraldic bend. Band saw is recorded from 1864.

band (n.2)

"an organized group," late 15c., from Middle French bande, which is traceable to the Proto-Germanic root of band (n.1), probably via a band of cloth worn as a mark of identification by a group of soldiers or others (compare Gothic bandwa "a sign"). The extension to "group of musicians" is c. 1660, originally musicians attached to a regiment of the army. To beat the band (1897) is to make enough noise to drown it out, hence to exceed everything.

band (v.)

1520s, "to bind or fasten;" also "to join in a company," from band (n.1) and (n.2) in various noun senses, and partly from French bander. The meaning "to affix an ID band to (a wild animal, etc.)" is attested from 1914. Related: Banded; banding.

group, crowd, gang, band, mob, throng, masses, swarm

这些名词均含"群，帮，伙"之意。

group： 普通用词，通常指有组织、有秩序的一群人，也可指无意汇集在一起的一群人。

crowd： 常指无组织地乱哄哄地挤在一起的人群。

gang： 常指从事非法、暴力或敌对活动的帮派或团伙。有时呈中性，词义同group。

band： 多指一群有明确宗旨，为共同目的而结合在一起的人，常含贬义。

mob： 指无组织、乱七八糟凑合在一起的乌合之众，或指聚集在一起寻衅滋事的人群，多为暴徒。

throng： 书面用词，意义接近crowd，侧重密集地挤在一起的一群，含挤在一起向前推进之意。

masses： 指群众或人民大众。

swarm： 指人数众多，杂乱无章，不停移动的一群人。

orchestra, band

这两个名词均有"乐队"之意。

orchestra： 指规模大、最为完整的交响乐队，可演奏各种不同音乐，一般由弦乐、本管乐、铜管乐和打击乐所组成。

band： 指主要由铜、木管和打击乐所组成的乐队，主要演奏轻音乐和流行乐曲，与orchestra的主区别在于没有弦乐。

And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban and suburban high schools that have split up into smaller units of a few hundred, generally housed in the same grounds that once boasted thousands of students all marching to the same band.

出自-2012年6月阅读原文

By and large, these are very nice kids, and as the band The Who used to sing, The kids are alright.

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American educates so manymore people at university that one can’t expect all those who go to be as intelligent as the much narrower band in British universities, says the professor Christopher Rakes at Boston university, I’m not against elitism, but I happen to like having people who are more eager to learn.

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Your rock band has never sounded better.

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The rock band needs more hours of practice

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The rock band is going to play here for a month.

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He appreciates the woman's help with the band

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Many rock bands were able to follow in the footsteps of the beatles.

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The musician along with his band members has given ten performances in the last three months.

2019年高考英语江苏卷 单项填空 原文

We suddenly can't remember where we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old acquaintance's name, or the name of an old band we used to love.

2014年考研真题（英语一）完形填空 Section Ⅰ

a rock/jazz band

摇滚 / 爵士乐队

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She's a singer with a band.

她是一个乐队的歌手。

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a military band

军乐队

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a band of outlaws

一帮歹徒

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He persuaded a small band of volunteers to help.

他劝服了一小批志愿者来帮忙。

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She always ties her hair back in a band.

她总是用一条带子把头发扎在后面。

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All babies in the hospital have name bands on their wrists.

医院里所有新生儿手腕上都套着写有名字的手箍。

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She wore a simple band of gold on her finger.

她戴着一枚净面的金戒指。

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a white plate with a blue band around the edge

带蓝边的白盘子

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Short-wave radio uses the 20-50 metre band.

短波收音机用的波段是20–50米。

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the 25-35 age band

25–35岁的年龄段

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tax bands

税收等级

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Many insects are banded black and yellow.

很多昆虫有黑色和黄色的条纹。

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Tax is banded according to income.

赋税是按收入划分等级的。

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Local people banded together to fight the drug dealers.

当地人齐心协力打击毒品贩子。

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...a banding system based on property values...

基于财产价值的分级制

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They appear to rule out some of the ideas that have been mentioned — banding the tax so higher earners would pay more.

他们看来要剔除其中提到的一些想法——如把税率分档，使收入越高，缴得越多。

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...a new tax band of 20p in the pound on the first £2,000 of taxable income.

对应税收入的头两千英镑每镑征收20便士的新税阶

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For an initial service, a 10 megahertz-wide band of frequencies will be needed.

初始服务需要10兆赫宽的频带。

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...a strong band of flat muscle tissue.

一圈坚韧的扁平肌肉组织

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Surgeons placed a metal band around the knee cap to help it knit back together.

外科医生在膝盖骨上套了个金属箍以帮助其愈合。

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A band of light glowed in the space between floor and door.

一束阳光透过地板和门之间的缝隙照了进来

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...bands of natural vegetation between strips of crops...

农作物狭地之间的野生植被带

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Almost all hospitals use a wrist-band of some kind with your name and details on it.

几乎所有的医院都用某种腕带记录名字和详细信息。

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Bands of government soldiers, rebels and just plain criminals have been roaming some neighborhoods.

成群结队的政府军士兵、反叛分子和彻头彻尾的犯罪分子一直在一些街区游荡。

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...a small but growing band of Japanese companies taking their first steps into American publishing.

数量不多、但仍在增长的一批初次涉足美国出版业的日本公司

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He was a drummer in a rock band...

他曾是一个摇滚乐团的鼓手。

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Local bands provide music for dancing.

当地的乐队为跳舞伴乐。

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Bands played German marches.

乐队演奏了德军进行曲。

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