n.[C]

1. 【军】旅
   command a brigade

   指挥一个旅

2. （为某个目的而成立的）队，团
   a rescue brigade

   援救队

vt.

1. 把……编成旅（或队）

n.

1. a subdivision of an army, typically consisting of a small number of battalions and forming part of a division.
2. an organization with a quasi-military structure.
3. informal, often derogatory a group of people with a characteristic in common:
   the anti-smoking brigade.