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a flotilla of [plural noun]
a flotilla of 后接复数名词，表示“一支由……组成的船队”。
A flotilla of small boats crossed the harbor.
一支由小船组成的船队穿过了港口。
小船队；小型船只编队
flotillas — plural of flotilla
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
小船队；小型船只编队
a small fleet of boats or small craft
A flotilla of small boats crossed the harbor.
一支由小船组成的船队穿过了港口。
小型舰队；由同等级战舰组成的小舰队。
A small fleet of warships (usually of the same class), or a fleet of small ships.
一小群事物或人；小群；组。
A small group of things or people
一种宇宙飞船,由一个或多个相互稳定的中央超重飞船及两侧护卫的轻型、中型或重型飞船组成,以防止形成破坏性的卵。
A spaceship made of one or more central mutually stabilizing overweight spaceships flanked by lightweight, middleweight, or heavyweight spaceships that prevent the formation of destructive eggs.
A flotilla of small fishing boats left the harbor at dawn.
一支小型渔船队黎明时离开了港口。
The tourist flotilla sailed slowly along the coast, stopping at several islands.
旅游小船队沿着海岸缓缓航行，在几个岛屿停留。
Every summer, a flotilla of kayaks crosses the lake for charity.
每年夏天，一队皮划艇横渡湖泊参加慈善活动。
a flotilla of 后接复数名词，表示“一支由……组成的船队”。
A flotilla of small boats crossed the harbor.
一支由小船组成的船队穿过了港口。
flotilla 是单数可数名词，作主语时谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。
The flotilla approaches the island.
这支船队驶近那座岛。
Not this
We saw flotilla near the coast.
Use this
We saw a flotilla near the coast.
flotilla 是可数名词单数，不能单独使用；汉语中没有冠词，因此学习者容易漏掉 a。加上不定冠词 a 后才符合英语语法。
Not this
There are many flotilla in the harbor.
Use this
There are many flotillas in the harbor.
flotilla 是可数名词，复数形式是 flotillas；汉语名词没有复数变化，受母语影响学习者会漏掉词尾 -s。在 many 后应使用复数形式 flotillas。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
一支船队
A flotilla of ships sailed past the coast.
一支船队沿海岸驶过。
一支渔船队
A flotilla of fishing boats returned to port before the storm.
一支渔船队在暴风雨来临前回到了港口。
海军小型舰队
The naval flotilla was sent to protect the convoy.
这支海军小型舰队被派去保护护航队。
率领小型船队
The experienced sailor led a flotilla through the narrow channel.
那位经验丰富的水手率领一支小船队通过了狭窄的水道。
加入船队
Many yachts joined the flotilla for the annual festival.
许多游艇加入了这支船队，参加一年一度的节日。
Use flotillas naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
把 flotilla 拆成 flot（像 float 漂浮）+ illa（小），想象一排小船漂浮在水上，就是小型船队。
语域：neutral 常见场景：naval and military reports、news reports about groups of boats、maritime or historical writing flotilla 是中性但略书面的词，通常用于海军、海事或新闻报道等较正式语境，口语中较少见；普通“小船队”也可用 fleet。
这些词都以 /lə/（或 /ɪlə/）结尾，与 flotilla 押韵：villa、guerrilla、chinchilla、scylla、squilla、mantilla。注意拼写相似的 pillar、caterpillar 发音是 /pɪlər/，并不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.