platoon
noun [ C, + sing/pl verb ] uk/pləˈtuːn/ us/pləˈtuːn/
(GROUP)
（军队的）排
a small group of about ten or twelve soldiers, with a lieutenant in charge of it
His platoon was ambushed.
a platoon commander
- More examples
- Two members of the platoon were injured.
- He led an infantry platoon on a combat mission.
- I was a platoon leader in Vietnam.
- They dispatched platoons of soldiers and trucks.