cantonment
cantonment 英 [kænˈtɒnmənt] 美 [kænˈtɑnmənt]
n. 宿营地；兵营
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- n. 宿营地；兵营
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1. Our people's liberation army is now in the cantonment.
我们的人民解决军现在正在宿营地。
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2. During the British empire, it was a garrison and still has a large army cantonment.
在大英帝国期间，这是一个军队驻地，至今还有巨大的军营。
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3. Locals point out several villas in the city's leafy colonial cantonment that are occupied by mysterious Chinese businessmen.
当地居民指向一些殖民地兵营附近的小别墅，现在有很多中国商人在里面住。
- cantonment (n.) 1756, "military quarters, part of a town assigned to a particular regiment," from French cantonnement, from cantonner "to divide into cantons" (14c.), from canton "angle, corner" (see canton). Meaning "action of quartering troops" is from 1757.
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