encampment

英 [ɪnˈkæmpmənt]

美 [ɪnˈkæmpmənt]

n.  (尤指临时居住的)营房，营地

复数：encampments　

TEM8

BNC.20638 / COCA.15809

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指临时居住的）营房，营地
  a group of tents, huts , etc. where people live together, usually for only a short period of time
  1. a military encampment
     军营

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT (尤指士兵、难民或吉普赛人的)营地
  Anencampmentis a group of tents or other shelters in a particular place, especially when they are used by soldiers, refugees, or gypsies.
  1. ...a large military encampment.
     大军营

英英释义

noun

• the act of encamping and living in tents in a camp
  Synonym:campingbivouackingtenting
• temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers
  1. wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
  Synonym:campcantonmentbivouac
• a site where people on holiday can pitch a tent
  Synonym:campsitecampgroundcamping sitecamping groundbivouaccamping area

双语例句

• Despite the declaration, hundreds of red-shirted demonstrators were streaming into the main protest encampment last night, at a key intersection in the heart of Bangkok's retail and hotel zone.
  尽管泰国政府宣布进入紧急状态，但数百名“红衫军”昨晚仍汇集到位于曼谷零售和酒店区域中心一个关键十字路口的主要抗议营地。
• It had been resolved the night before to change their encampment.
  他们在前一天晚上就决定要换一个地方扎营。
• I fear that these creatures are massing for an attack against our encampment.
  我担心这些怪物会群聚在一起攻击我们的营地。
• We made our way down to the encampment below.
  我们一路来到了下面的营地。
• The scientists said they had also discussed nuclear energy as a power supply for the habitat, since that might be necessary for building a successful encampment on Mars.
  科学家说他们也曾经考虑过用核能作为支持居住舱的能源，因为居住舱对成功殖民火星也是必不可少的。
• Each encampment had its own lesson, those really following God would gain from it.
  一生要经过很多站，每一站都有功课要学，只要心归向神，每一站都会得益处。
• On Saturday evening in the red-shirt encampment, one man loudly blamed the king for Thailand's troubles, an act that would ordinarily mean a harsh term in jail.
  周六晚上，在红衣军的营地，一个男人大声呵斥泰国国王应为泰国的动乱负责，这一行为明显意味着一段牢狱之灾。
• The high elves packed up their encampment and moved northward towards another land rich with ley energies.
  高等精灵不得不卷起铺盖，向北移居到了另一片充满能量的土地上。
• In 1232, the Chinese employed kites to drop propaganda leaflets over a Mongol prisoner-of-war encampment, urging the captured Chinese there to rebel and eventually overtake their captors.
  1232年，中国人用风筝向蒙古战俘营地投放宣传单，鼓动被俘虏的人抗争，结果战俘们成功地战胜了他们的捕掳者。
• The sometimes fiery Mr Gingrich has returned from the Greek cruise that prompted his staff to mutiny en masse, perhaps excessively rested and wondering aloud about the absence of an US encampment on the moon.
  动辄发脾气的金里奇刚从希腊乘船旅游归来&这次度假促使他的手下集体哗变。他可能休息过度了，回来就嚷嚷月球上居然没有美国的营地。