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.
她透過公司的各個階層晋升。
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.
士兵們向敵人前進時形成了梯形隊形。
translation
階層, 梯隊
詞形變化
Plural
echelons