单词:posse
音标:['pɒsi] ;
柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 一队, 一团, 地方武装团队
[法] 可能性
[法] 可能性
n. a temporary police force
词型变化:名词复数形式 : posses
考试类型:[GRE]
考试类型:[GRE]
词性分布:
posse的用法和样例:
例句
用作名词(n.)
- The posse rode down the escaping bank robber.一队警察驾车追上了正在逃跑的银行抢动犯。
- I come in here with my posse and my deputies but he doesn't like that.我上任的时候把我的团队和副手都带过来了,而他不喜欢我这样。
- They got a posse together, and went off to guard the river bank, and as soon as it is light the sheriff and a gang are going to beat up the woods.他们调集了一队人马,部署在河岸上,担任守卫工作。 等天亮后,警长还亲自带一帮人到森林去搜查。
- The posse are pursuing the thief.武装队正追捕那贼。
- The sheriff said that the posse could head off the outlaws at the pass.那位行政司法长官说,警察们可以在关口截住那些亡命之徒。
词汇搭配
- in posse可能地
经典引文
He posed a posse of rhetorical questions.
出自:F. RaphaelHad she been in trouble, there was a whole posse of relations to turn to.
出自:C. Tomalin