phalanx

• n.指骨、指節；正方形；緊密なフォーメーション

中仏語のphalangeから、ラテン語のphalanx、広場、行列、歩兵隊形、おそらくPIE *bhelg、柱、板、語源はbalk、ブロックと同じ。

phalanx (n.)

1550s, "line of battle in close ranks," from Latin phalanx "compact body of heavily armed men in battle array," or directly from Greek phalanx (genitive phalangos) "line of battle, battle array," also "finger or toe bone," originally "round piece of wood, trunk, log," of unknown origin. Perhaps from PIE root *bhelg- "plank, beam" (source of Old English balca "balk;" see balk (n.)). The Macedonian phalanx consisted of 50 close files of 16 men each. In anatomy, originally the whole row of finger joints, which fit together like infantry in close order. Figurative sense of "number of persons banded together in a common cause" is attested from 1600 (compare Spanish Falangist, member of a fascist organization founded in 1933).

1. Unfortunately for Wilson，such a solid phalanx did not materialize.

ウィルソンにとって不幸なことに、この団結は形成されていない。

2.He had ranked himself in the numerous phalanx of unbelievers.

彼は他の無数の懐疑者のように懐疑的だった。

3.At last,a phalanx of soldiers rescued us.

密集した隊形の軍隊がついに私たちを助けに来た。

4.Your father should have told you how our phalanx works.

お父さんはあなたに、私たちの方針はどのように動いているのか教えたはずです。

5.Your middle phalanx are broken and I will splint it.

中指の骨が折れたので、クランプで固定します。