outpost
英['a?tp??st]
美['a?tpost]
- n. 前哨；警戒部隊；邊區村落
詞態變化
復數:?outposts;
中文詞源
outpost 前哨基地
out-,向外，post,崗哨。
英文詞源
- outpost (n.)
- 1757, "military position detached from the main body of troops," from out + post (n.2). Originally in George Washington's letters. Commercial sense of "trading settlement near a frontier" is from 1802. Phrase outpost of Empire (by 1895) in later use often echoes Kipling.
雙語例句
- 1. the last outpost of civilization
- 文明的邊緣地區
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. Some soldiers waited at an outpost deep in the forest.
- 一些士兵在森林深處的一個前哨基地等候.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. That little store was the last outpost for motorists before they entered the desert.
- 那個小商店是乘汽車旅行的人們進入沙漠之前的最后一個居民點.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. Their new outpost was on the crest of a hill.
- 他們新的前哨陣地設在一座小山包頂上.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The troops received orders to trench the outpost.
- 部隊接到命令在前哨周圍筑壕加強防衛.
來自辭典例句