camp
营地,难民营,训练营,安营扎寨
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Definitions
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- : 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.
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- : 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.
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- : 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.