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camp

/kamp/US // kæmp //UK // (kæmp) //

营地,难民营,训练营,安营扎寨

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a place where an army or other group of persons or an individual is lodged in a tent or tents or other temporary means of shelter.
    • : such tents or shelters collectively: The regiment transported its camp in trucks.
    • : the persons so sheltered: The camp slept through the storm.
    • : the act of camping out: Camp is far more pleasant in summer than in winter.
    • : any temporary structure, as a tent or cabin, used on an outing or vacation.
    • : a group of troops, workers, etc., camping and moving together.
    • : army life.
    • : a group of people favoring the same ideals, doctrines, etc.: Most American voters are divided into two camps, Republicans and Democrats.
    • : any position in which ideals, doctrines, etc., are strongly entrenched: After considering the other side's argument, he changed camps.
    • : a recreation area in the country, equipped with extensive facilities for sports.
    • : day camp.
    • : summer camp.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to establish or pitch a camp: The army camped in the valley.
    • : to live temporarily in or as if in a camp or outdoors, usually for recreation: They camped by the stream for a week.
    • : to reside or lodge somewhere temporarily or irregularly, especially in an apartment, room, etc.: They camped in our apartment whenever they came to town.
    • : to settle down securely and comfortably; become ensconced: The kids camped on our porch until the rain stopped.
    • : to take up a position stubbornly: They camped in front of the president's office.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to put or station in a camp; shelter.
    • : Digital Technology. to hunt or search for by maintaining a position where it is known to spawn: There were a couple of us camping a notorious monster for rare dropped items.to hide or take cover in, often as part of an ambush strategy for attacking other characters: Camp a choke point like the bridge, or just hide in the bushes with a sniper rifle and you’ll be the last man standing.

Phrases

  • camp follower
  • camp it up
  • camp out
  • break camp
  • foot in both camps
  • happy camper

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Wherever you go, the Talon will help turn your car camping site into a true base camp.

  • In backcountry areas where bruins and other animals want your food, hanging it in a tree downwind of camp will keep it out of reach and reduce nighttime animal prowlers around your tent.

  • Overall, athletes had successful camps in 46 of the 82 cases, for a hit rate of 56 percent.

  • This summer, consumer financial services company Synchrony introduced Synchrony summer camps, virtual summer camp experiences for 3,700 children of employees.

  • At the beginning of camp, students often reported that struggling with math was a sign you weren’t doing well.

  • Pitchfork called him a “a rap-obsessed misfit from a summer camp who freestyles poorly” who is “ridiculous without knowing it.”

  • Within a concentration camp, would someone make a joke about the number, the tattooed number?

  • For now, Sabrine continues her daily routine of visits to the protest camp, to political leaders and taking care of the twins.

  • In the summer of 2014, they both were sentenced to 4-1/2 years in a labor camp.

  • The prison camp island nation known as Cuba erupted in celebration.

  • "A camp-fire would hardly flash and die out like that, Sarge," he answered thoughtfully.

  • In the most perfect stillness, we arrived within two hundred paces of the enemy's camp.

  • The camp grew still, except for the rough and ready cook pottering about the fire, boiling buffalo-meat and mixing biscuit-dough.

  • Meanwhile, he had been selected as aide-de-camp by General d'Ure de Molans.

  • Thus the whole State became one vast armed camp, nearly forty thousand men on a side, arrayed against each other.