patrol

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n. 巡逻, 巡逻员, 侦察队 v. 巡逻, 巡视

发音

UK /pəˈtɹəʊl/
US /pəˈtɹoʊl/
IN /pæʈɾol/

词形变化

patrols 复数 patrols patrolled patrolling patrols 三单 patrolling 现在分词 patrolled 过去式 patrolled 过去分词

别名

patrole WPG P PC

教材释义与例句

名词

巡逻;巡逻队;侦察队

动词

巡逻;巡查

释义与例句

n. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A going of the rounds along the chain of sentinels and between the posts, by a guard, usually consisting of three or four men, to insure greater security from attacks on the outposts.

    巡逻

    巡查

    可数 不可数 政治 军事

    Four members of the squadron were on patrol.

  2. 2.

    A movement, by a small body of troops beyond the line of outposts, to explore the country and gain intelligence of the enemy's whereabouts.

    巡逻

    可数 不可数 政治 军事
  3. 3.

    The guards who go the rounds for observation; a detachment whose duty it is to patrol.

    巡逻队

    巡逻队长

    可数 不可数 政治 军事
  4. 4.

    The largest division of officers within a police department or sheriff's office, whose assignment is to patrol and respond to calls for service.

    可数 不可数 政治 法律
  5. 5.

    Any perambulation of a particular line or district to guard it; also, the people thus guarding.

    巡逻队

    可数 不可数

    a customs patrol

    a fire patrol

    1787-1788, Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist Papers In France there is an army of patrols […] to secure her fiscal regulations.

  6. 6.

    A unit of a troop, usually defined by certain ranks or age groups within the troop, and ideally comprised of six to eight members.

    可数 不可数
v. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    To go the rounds along a chain of sentinels; to traverse a police district or beat.

    巡逻

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To go the rounds of, as a sentry, guard, or policeman

    巡逻

    及物

    to patrol a frontier

    to patrol a beat

    Whether attempting to keep the peace in Bosnia, evacuating American citizens from Albania, or patrolling the world's seas and skies, our service men and women risk capture by unfriendly foreign forces.

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词源

From French patrouille, from Old French patrouille, patouille (“a night-watch”, literally “a tramping about”), from patrouiller, patouiller, patoiller (“to paddle or pudder in water, dabble with the feet, begrime, besmear”), from patte, pate (“paw, foot of an animal”), from Vulgar Latin *patta (“paw, foot”), from Frankish *patta (“paw, sole of the foot”), from Proto-Germanic *paþjaną, *paþōną (“to walk, tread, go, step, pace”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pent-, *(s)pat- (“path; to walk”), a variant of Proto-Indo-European *pent-, *pat- (“path; to go”); see find. Cognate with Dutch pad, patte (“paw”), Low German pedden (“to step, tread”), German patschen (“to splash, smack, dabble, waddle”), German Patsche (“a swatter, beater, paw, puddle, mire”). Related to pad, path.

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