soldiers who fight on foot (统称)步兵 infantry units 步兵分队 The infantry was/were guarding the bridge. 步兵守卫着桥梁。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryInfantry is used before these nouns:- brigade
- division
- squad
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French infanterie, from Italian infanteria, from infante ‘youth, infantryman’, from Latin infant- ‘unable to speak’, from in- ‘not’ + fant- ‘speaking’ (from the verb fari).