a large group of soldiers that forms a unit of an army 旅（陆军编制单位） A special army brigade is to be formed. 一个特种陆军旅即将成立。 a brigade of infantry 步兵旅 units in 1st Commando Brigade 第一突击旅中的各队
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- airborne
- armoured/armored
- combat
- …
- command
- lead
- form
- …
- commander
- headquarters
- in a/the brigade
- brigade of
- [usually singular] (often disapproving)
used, always with a word or phrase in front of it, to describe a group of people who share the same opinions or are similar in some other way （主张相同或其他某方面相似的）伙，帮，派 the anti-smoking brigade 反吸烟派
see also fire brigade
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from French, from Italian brigata ‘company’, from brigare ‘contend’, from briga ‘strife’.
Idioms
the heavy mob/brigade
- (British English, informal)
a group of strong, often violent people employed to do something such as protect somebody （雇佣的）打手队，保镖团