group
group
noun
语源
noun
- [treated as sing. or pl.]a number of people or things that are located close together or are considered or classed together
组；群；类
these bodies fall into four distinct groups.
这些物体分属四个截然不同的种类。
■a number of people that work together or share certain beliefs
集体，团体
I now belong to my local drama group.
我现在是本地的戏剧小组成员。
■a commercial organization consisting of several companies under common ownership
（由若干公司组成的）集团，集团公司
■a number of musicians who play popular music together
流行乐团
■(Military)a division of an air force, usually consisting of two or more stations
(军)空军大队（通常由两个或两个以上的基地组成）
■(Art)two or more figures or objects forming a design
(艺术)群像（由两个或两个以上的人或物体形象组成的群体设计）
■(Linguistics)(in systemic grammar) a level of structure between clause and word, broadly corresponding to phrase in other grammars
(语言学)（系统语法中的）词组（与其他语法中phrase大致对等）
■(Chemistry)a set of elements occupying a column in the periodic table and having broadly similar properties arising from their similar electronic structure
(化)（元素周期表中的）族
■(Chemistry)a combination of atoms having a recognizable identity in a number of compounds
(化)原子团
■(Mathematics)a set of elements, together with an associative binary operation, which contains an inverse for each element and an identity element
(数)群
- [with obj. and adverbial](常作 be grouped)put together or place in a group or groups
把…聚集到一起；使形成（1个或多个）组（群、团体等）
three wooden chairs were grouped around a dining table.
三把木椅子被放在餐桌周围。
■put into categories; classify
将…分类
we group them into species merely as a convenience.
我们将其分类只是为了方便。
■[no obj., with adverbial]form a group or groups
形成组（群、团体等）
many growers began to group together to form cooperatives.
很多种植者开始联合起来组成合作社。
语源
- late 17th cent.: from French groupe, from Italian gruppo, of Germanic origin; related to crop
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