late 13c., cors "body," from Old French cors "body, person, corpse, life" (9c.), from Latin corpus "body" (see corporeal). Sense in English evolved from "dead body" (13c.) to "live body" (14c.) to "body of citizens" (15c.) to "band of knights" (mid-15c.). The modern military sense (1704) is from French corps d'armée (16c.), picked up in English during Marlborough's campaigns.
French restored the Latin -p- in 14c., and English followed 15c., but the pronunciation remained "corse" at first and corse persisted as a parallel formation. After the -p- began to be sounded (16c. in English), corse became archaic or poetic only.
雙語例句
1. Encouraging teacher transfer would not, by itself, integrate the teaching corps.
鼓勵教師調動本身不會消弭教學隊伍中的種族隔離。
來自柯林斯例句
2. David McNeil is travelling with the White House press corps.
大衛(wèi)·麥克尼爾正和白宮記者團一同前行。
來自柯林斯例句
3. She handled travel arrangements for the press corps during the presidential campaign.
她負責了總統(tǒng)競選活動期間新聞報道團的行程安排。
來自柯林斯例句
4. She was plucked from the corps de ballet to take on Juliet.