flotilla

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.
    — Toward the horizon a flotilla of fishing-boats showed immutable, pink-lacquered by the evening sun.
  2. A small group of things or people broadly
    — After a few moments Chloe saw Rosamund walking towards them with a small flotilla of shopping bags.
  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.
    — For rule R(2222) a flotilla of six gliders traveling eastwards is generated.

词形变化

flotillas plural

词汇关系

衍生词
flotillin squadrilla
相关词
convoy

词源

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