英语词典 · 单词释义
outpost
英 ['aʊtpəʊst] 美 ['aʊtpost]
这里集中整理“outpost”的音标、翻译、词源、例句和近反义词，方便快速确认词义并顺手做词汇积累。
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翻译 · 词源 · 例句- n. 前哨；警戒部队；边区村落
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词源 · 例句 · 用法词态变化
复数: outposts;
中文词源
outpost 前哨基地
out-,向外，post,岗哨。
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. the last outpost of civilization
- 文明的边缘地区
来自《权威词典》
- 2. Some soldiers waited at an outpost deep in the forest.
- 一些士兵在森林深处的一个前哨基地等候.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 3. That little store was the last outpost for motorists before they entered the desert.
- 那个小商店是乘汽车旅行的人们进入沙漠之前的最后一个居民点.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. Their new outpost was on the crest of a hill.
- 他们新的前哨阵地设在一座小山包顶上.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The troops received orders to trench the outpost.
- 部队接到命令在前哨周围筑壕加强防卫.
来自辞典例句