corps
n
(pl unchanged 复数不变)[CGp]
1
(a) military force made up of two or more divisions 兵团, 军(军事单位, 由两个或两个以上师的兵力组成)
the 6th Army Corps 陆军第6兵团.
(b) one of the technical branches of an army (陆军的)特种部队
the ,Royal ,Army `Medical Corps 英国皇家陆军医疗队.
2 group of people involved in a particular activity 从事某活动的集体
the Diplo`matic Corps, ie all the ambassadors, attaches, etc of foreign states in a particular country 外交使节团
the `press corps, ie journalists 记者团.
Nothing can be compared, he maintains, with the first cockcrow, the twittering of birds at dawn, the sight of the rising sun glinting on the trees and pastures.