[treated as sing. or pl.]an ancient Roman military unit, comprising six centuries, equal to one tenth of a legion
(古罗马)步兵队(由600人组成,规模相当于古罗马军团的1/10)。
[treated as sing. or pl.]a group of people banded together or treated as a group
一群(人),一批(人)
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a cohort of civil servants patiently drafting and redrafting legislation .一批公务员耐心地拟定并改拟法律。
a group of people with a common statistical characteristic
从统计角度看属某种同一情况的一批人
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the 1940—1944 birth cohort of women .1940—1944年出生的女性。
〈贬, 主北美〉 支持者;同伴。
"late Middle English: from Old French