an operational unit in an air force consisting of two or more flights of aircraft and the personnel required to fly them (空军)中队 ■a principal division of an armoured or cavalry regiment, consisting of two or more troops (装甲团的)连;(骑兵)中队 ■a group of warships detached on a particular duty or under the command of a flag officer (海军)中队 ■(informal)a large group of people or things (非正式)一队;一群 he immediately commissioned a squadron of architects. 他立即委托了一群建筑师。
语源
mid 16th cent. (originally denoting a group of soldiers in square formation): from Italian squadrone, from squadra 'square'