flotilla

n. 小舰队, 小型船队

发音

US /floʊˈtɪlə/

词形变化

flotillas 复数 flotillas

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.

    小船队

    区舰队

    航海 交通

    Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun.

  2. 2.

    A small group of things or people

    引申义
  3. 3.

    A spaceship made of one or more central mutually stabilizing overweight spaceships flanked by lightweight, middleweight, or heavyweight spaceships that prevent the formation of destructive eggs.

    计算机 工程 数学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

fleet

词源

From Spanish flotilla, diminutive of flota (“fleet”), from French flotte.

来源：wiktionary