escadrille
英 [,eskə'drɪl]
美[,ɛskə'drɪl]
- n. 小舰队；飞行小队
英英释意
- 1. a small squadron
- 2. an air force squadron typically containing six airplanes (as in France during World War I)
英文词源
- escadrille (n.)
- 1893, from French escadrille, from Spanish escuadrilla, diminutive of escuadra "square, squad, squadron," from Vulgar Latin *exquadrare, from Latin quadrare "to square" (see quadrant).