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infantry

noun
🔊/ˈɪnfəntri/
🔊/ˈɪnfəntri/
 [uncountable + singular or plural verb]
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  1. soldiers who fight on foot（统称）步兵
    • infantry units步兵分队
    • The infantry was/were guarding the bridge.步兵守卫着桥梁。
    Topics War and conflictc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryInfantry is used before these nouns:
    • brigade
    • division
    • squad
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French infanterie, from Italian infanteria, from infante ‘youth, infantryman’, from Latin infant- ‘unable to speak’, from in- ‘not’ + fant- ‘speaking’ (from the verb fari).