garrison
garrison 英 [ˈgærɪsn] 美 [ˈɡærɪsən]
n. 要塞;卫戍部队 vt. 驻防;守卫
进行时:garrisoning 过去式:garrisoned 过去分词:garrisoned 第三人称单数:garrisons 名词复数:garrisons
- A garrison most often refers to a military outpost where troops are stationed to provide protection to an area. The word garrison is also used to refer to the troops stationed there.
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- n. 要塞;卫戍部队
- vt. 驻防;守卫
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1. Half the garrison is/are on duty.
有半数卫戍部队在执勤.
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2. Soon they seemed almost like members of the garrison.
很快,他们看起来就像是要塞的一员了。
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3. The troops came to the relief of the besieged garrison.
军队来援救被围的守备军。
- garrison (n.) c. 1300, "store, treasure," from Old French garison "defense, protection, safety, security; crops, food; salvation; healing, recovery, cure" (Modern French guérison "cure, recovery, healing") from garir "take care of, protect, defend," from a Germanic source, from Proto-Germanic *war- "to protect, guard," from PIE root *wer- (4) "to cover."
- garrison (v.) "to place troops in," 1560s, from garrison (n.). Related: Garrisoned; garrisoning.
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