armada
舰队,军队,武装部,武装部队
Definitions
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- : Also called Invincible Armada, Spanish Armada. the fleet sent against England by Philip II of Spain in 1588. It was defeated by the English navy and later dispersed and wrecked by storms.
- : any fleet of warships.
- : a large group or force of vehicles, airplanes, etc.: an armada of transport trucks.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Centuries later the Elizabethans and Jacobeans thought of Sluys as a historical precursor to the Spanish Armada.
Even so, the dozen U.S. warships on station were the biggest contingent in this armada.
An armada of sand crabs hefting a landlocked ship on their backs.
A spice boutique and cooking school now complete the "Maisons de Bricourt" armada.
Then came tidings of a great French armada which was coming to the conquest of New England.
This patriotic sentiment would seem to show that the book was written or published about the time of the Spanish Armada.
This was probably during one of the expeditions against Spain, after the Armada had been disposed of.
It was the treasure of Peru that armed the soldiers of Alva and laid the keels of the Armada.
Britain also can never forget the part that Plymouth played in repulsing the Great Armada.