echelon
🇺🇸
/ˈeʃəlɑːn/
🇬🇧
/ˈeʃəlɒn/
noun
R
A level of importance or rank within a group or organization.
She worked her way up through the echelons of the company.
她通过公司的各个阶层晋升。
R
A formation of soldiers, vehicles, or aircraft arranged in a diagonal line, with each unit behind and to the side of the one in front.
The soldiers formed an echelon as they advanced towards the enemy.
士兵们向敌人前进时形成了梯形队形。
translation
阶层, 梯队
词形变化
Plural
echelons