English Dictionary

echelon

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈɛʃ.ə.lɒn/

名詞

A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society. / (cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.

日本語の意味

組織、専門職、社会における階層やランク、順位を指す。 / 自転車競技において、追走効率を最大限に引き出すために、斜めに形成される選手の列（隊列）を指す。

After years of hard work, she finally reached the senior echelon of the company.

何年もの努力の末、彼女はついに会社の上位階層に到達した。

意味（1）

A level or rank in an organization, profession, or society.

Other important functions performed by the GP [general practitioner] are those of referring patients to other (health) care facilities and acting as contact person for other providers of aid, both for other facilities in first echelon care and with respect to second echelon care (outpatient care and treatment in hospital).

意味（2）

(cycling) A line of riders seeking maximum drafting in a crosswind, resulting in a diagonal line across the road.

In an echelon, in which several cyclists are sitting in on one another, each rider takes his turn of about 200 meters at the front before dropping to the rear.

意味（3）

(military) A formation of troops, ships, etc., in diagonal parallel rows.

The troops selected by his Royal Highness for this daring exploit, consisted of the war battalions of the 3d, 6th, and 7th regiments of the Royal Guard, forming the first echelon, […]

echelons （ plural ）