Definition of "team" in 英语

noun

1. A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage.

2. Any group of people involved in the same activity, especially sports or work.

   • We need more volunteers for the netball team.
   • The IT manager leads a team of three software developers.

3. (obsolete) A group of animals moving together, especially young ducks.

4. (UK, law, obsolete) A royalty or privilege granted by royal charter to a lord of a manor, of having, keeping, and judging in his court, his bondmen, neifes, and villains, and their offspring, or suit, that is, goods and chattels, and appurtenances thereto.

5. A group of people who favor one side of a binary debate that is divided and lacks a well-established clear consensus.

verb

1. (intransitive) To form a group, as for sports or work.

   • They teamed to complete the project.

2. (intransitive, by extension) To go together well; to harmonize.

3. (transitive) To convey or haul with a team.

   • to team lumber
   • the farmer has been all winter teaming wood along the river

4. (transitive) To form together into a team.

   • to team oxen

5. (transitive) To give work to a gang under a subcontractor.

interjection

1. (video games, colloquial) Used to propose that another player team up with the speaker.

verb

1. Misspelling of teem.