English-Thai Dictionary

platoon

N หมวด  กลุ่มคน  company detachment military unit mued

 

platoon

VI จัด เป็น หมวด  จัด เป็น กลุ่ม  จัด เป็นกอง  jad-pen-mued

 

platoon

VT จัด เป็น หมวด  จัด เป็น กลุ่ม  จัด เป็นกอง  jad-pen-mued

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PLATOON

n.A small square body of soldiers or musketeers, drawn out of a battalion of foot when they form a hollow square, to strengthen the angles; or a small body acting together, but separate from the main body; as, to fire by platoons.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PLATOON

Pla *toon ", n. Etym: [F. peloton a ball of thread, a knot or group of men, a platoon, from pelote a ball formed of things wound round. See Pellet. ] (Mil. ) (a ) Formerly, a body of men who fired together; also, a small square body of soldiers to strengthen the angles of a hollow square. (b ) Now, in the United States service, half of a company.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

platoon

pla toon |pləˈto͞on pləˈtun | ▶noun a subdivision of a company of soldiers, usually forming a tactical unit that is commanded by a lieutenant and divided into several sections. • a group of people acting together: platoons of sharp lawyers. • (in baseball and other sports ) a pairing of two or more teammates who play the same position at different times: in 1982 the Orioles employed a productive left-field platoon of Lowenstein, Ayala, and Roenicke. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (in baseball and other sports ) have (an athlete ) play in rotation with one or more teammates at the same position: he was underrated because of Stengel's platooning him with Woodling. • [ no obj. ] play a sport in this way: Polonia mostly platooned in his three years with the A's. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French peloton ‘platoon, ’ literally ‘small ball, ’ diminutive of pelote .

 

platoon sergeant

pla toon ser geant ▶noun a noncommissioned officer in the US Army intermediate in rank between a staff sergeant and a first sergeant.

 

Oxford Dictionary

platoon

pla |toon |pləˈtuːn | ▶noun a subdivision of a company of soldiers, usually forming a tactical unit that is commanded by a subaltern or lieutenant and divided into three sections. • a group of people acting together: platoons of sharp lawyers. • [ as modifier ] (in South Africa ) denoting a school or schooling system in which two separate sets of teachers and pupils use the same buildings, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. • [ as modifier ] Baseball engaged in platooning: a platoon player. ▶verb 1 [ with obj. ] (in South Africa ) apply the platoon system to (a school ). 2 [ with obj. ] Baseball use the strategy of alternating (a pair of players or one player with another ) in a specified field position in successive games. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French peloton ‘platoon ’, literally ‘small ball ’, diminutive of pelote .

 

platoon sergeant

pla toon ser geant ▶noun a noncommissioned officer in the US Army intermediate in rank between a staff sergeant and a first sergeant.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

platoon

platoon noun our platoon lost 200 men on that mission: unit, patrol, troop, squad, squadron, team, company, corps, outfit, detachment, contingent.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

platoon

platoon noun a platoon of British Royal Marines: unit, patrol, troop, squad, team, squadron, company, group, corps, division, outfit, detachment, contingent.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

platoon

pla toon /plətúːn /名詞 C 〖単複両扱い 〗1 〘軍 〙(歩兵 工兵などの )小隊 〘2個以上の分隊 (squad )から成る; →army 〙.2 小集団, 一団 (group ).3 〘アメフト 〙プラツーン 〘攻撃または防御専門の選手団 〙.