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guardroom

/gahrd-room, -room/US // ˈgɑrdˌrum, -ˌrʊm //UK // (ˈɡɑːdˌruːm, -ˌrʊm) //

警卫室,警务室,警戒室

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a room used by military guards during the period they are on duty.
    • : a room in which military prisoners are kept.

Examples

  • No servant of the chateau was allowed past the door of the outer anteroom, now commonly spoken of as the guardroom of the tower.

  • I was lounging around the guardroom one day when the Sergeant asked me to take some papers to the Orderly Sergeant upstairs.

  • The corporal marched his troopers from the guardroom toward the stables.

  • In the guardroom the troopers of the Royal Horse who were not on guard were stretched in slumber.

  • The guardroom was vacant; but there were arms there and ammunition.