n (1)军队，部队(soldiers，esp enlisted persons)[pl]：invading/foreign～s 侵略军/外国军队;keep one's～s on alert 使(本国)军队处于戒备状态;The moral of the～s is high. 军队的道德水准高。～carrier 军队运输舰(机);〖同〗army;

(2)装甲(炮兵，骑兵)连(unit of armoured vehicles or artillery or cavalry)[C]：two artillery～s 两个炮兵连;

(3)大群(large group or company of people or animals moving together)[C]：a～of schoolchildren/visitors/shoppers/monkeys 一群学童/参观者/购物者/猴子;～s of deer 一群群的鹿;〖同〗unit，company，band，throng，crowd，gang，swarm;

(4)童子军小队(unit of at least five Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts under the guidance of an adult leader)[C]：A Girl/Boy Scout～女/男童子军小队;

vi 成群结队而行(move or go together as a troop;move along)[I，I+prep，I+adv](常用pl主语)：～into a meeting/an office/a canteen 结队进入会场/办公室/小卖部;～out of school/a classroom结队离开学校/教室;～down to breakfast/around the teacher 结队去吃早饭/成群地围在老师周围;～ing the colour (BrE) 军旗敬礼分列式;〖同〗march，parade，step;

→′trooper n 骑军，装甲兵;州警察;′troop-ship n 运兵船;

【辨异】1)troops和army的区别见ARMY。2)troop 与band 、company和party的区别见BAND。