troop

troop
tru:p 1. noun
1) (a group of ordinary soldiers.) tropp
2) (a crowd or collection (of people or animals): A troop of visitors arrived.) flokk, skare
2. verb
(to go in a group: They all trooped into his office.) troppe opp, gå i flokk
- troops
tropp
I
subst. \/truːp\/
1) skare, skokk, hop, flokk, tropp, mengde
• a troop of school children crossed the road
en skokk med skolebarn krysset veien
• a troop of antelopes
en flokk med antiloper
• he has troops of friends
han har en mengde venner
2) (militærvesen) tropp
3) (militærvesen) (kavalleri)eskadron
4) (militærvesen) marsjsignal, trommesignal
5) (speider)tropp
6) (gammeldags) trupp
fight troops lede tropper inn i strid
throw the troops into confusion spre forvirring i rekkene
troops tropper, troppestyrker krigsfolk, mannskap
• plenty of troops
soldater
• one of their troops
en av soldatene deres
mann
• five thousand troops
fem tusen mann
II
verb \/truːp\/
1) gå i flokk, komme i flokk, gå flokkevis
2) myldre, yre, kry
3) marsjere, toge
4) samle seg (i flokker), samles, flokkes
troop in strømme inn
troop off eller troop away (hverdagslig) troppe av, gi seg i vei, forsvinne
troop out strømme ut
• the children trooped out of school
barna strømmet ut av skolen
troop the colour(s) (britisk, militærvesen) holde parade for fanen

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