- (plural phalanxes)
a group of people or things standing very close together 密集的人（或事物） The protesters ran into a solid phalanx of riot police. 抗议者遇到了一大群防暴警察。
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anatomy 解剖学 a bone of the finger or toe 密集的人（或事物）
Word Originmid 16th cent. (denoting a body of Macedonian infantry): via Latin from Greek.