squad W3 / skwɒd $ skwɑd / 名词 [可数名词]

1 a group of players from which a team will be chosen for a particular sports event :

the Italian World Cup squad

2 the police department responsible for dealing with a particular kind of crime

drugs/fraud/vice etc squad

A controlled explosion was carried out by bomb squad officers.

3 a small group of soldiers working together as a unit :

a drill squad

4 American English a group of cheerleader s

→ death squad , firing squad , flying squad