| 释义 |
guard-room|ˈgɑːdruːm|
a. A room for the accommodation of a (military) guard.
b. A room in which prisoners are guarded.
1762Goldsm. Cit. W. cxviii, They at length arrived at the palace-gate, and after waiting half an hour, were admitted into the guard-room. 1772–84Cook Voy. (1790) I. 24 In the guard-room are stationed the Viceroy's body⁓guard, who are relieved every morning between eight and nine. 1826Scott Diary 2 Nov. in Lockhart, In the guard room were the heroes of la Vendée. 1829W. Irving Granada (1850) 42 The guard-room was a scene rather of massacre than combat. 1844Regul. & Ord. Army 264 The Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers are responsible that no drinking, swearing, gaming, or other irregularity, is allowed in the Guard-Room.
attrib.1818Lady Charleville in Lady Morgan's Autobiog. (1859) 244 A corrupt, disorganised, uneducated mass of ardent-minded guard-room youths. |