单词 | camp |
释义 | camp (kæmp ) Word forms: camps , camping , camped 1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] B1+ A camp is a collection of huts and other buildings that is provided for a particular group of people, such as refugees, prisoners, or soldiers, as a place to live or stay. ...a refugee camp. 2,500 foreign prisoners-of-war, including Americans, had been held in camps near Tambov. 2. variable noun B2 A camp is an outdoor area with buildings, tents, or caravans where people stay on holiday. 3. variable noun A camp is a collection of tents or caravans where people are living or staying, usually temporarily while they are travelling. ...gypsy camps. We'll make camp on that hill ahead. 4. verb B1+ If you camp somewhere, you stay or live there for a short time in a tent or caravan, or in the open air. We camped near the beach. [VERB] ...the men, who are camping on the pavement in sleeping bags. [VERB] Camp out means the same as camp. For six months they camped out in a caravan in a meadow at the back of the house. [VERB PARTICLE] camping uncountable noun B1 They went camping in the wilds. [+ in] ...a camping trip. 5. countable noun You can refer to a group of people who all support a particular person, policy, or idea as a particular camp. While the 'yes' camp remains in the lead, the jump in numbers of undecideds will cause alarm. ...a close colleague, who had sided with the opposite camp in an office dispute. 6. adjective If you describe someone's behaviour, performance, or style of dress as camp, you mean that it is exaggerated and amusing, often in a way that is thought to be typical of some gay men. [informal] James turns in a delightfully camp performance. Camp is also a noun. The video was seven minutes of high camp and melodrama. 7. See also aide-de-camp, camped, concentration camp, holiday camp, labour camp, prison camp, training camp 8. camp it up phrase If a performer camps it up, they deliberately perform in an exaggerated and often amusing way. [informal] He camped it up, he told bad taste jokes and endless anecdotes with no point at all. Phrasal verbs: camp out 1. phrasal verb If you say that people camp out somewhere in the open air, you are emphasizing that they stay there for a long time, because they are waiting for something to happen. [emphasis] ...reporters who had camped out in anticipation of her arrival. [VERB PARTICLE] 2. camp [sense 4] Idioms: pitch camp to settle somewhere or have control of a certain area for a period of time As reporters pitched camp outside their home, the family's political differences became a public concern. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a camp follower a person who likes to be seen with a particular person or group, either because they admire them, or because they hope to gain advantages from them Even in my day as a player, we had our camp followers. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: army camp His father was a soldier and his upbringing was largely in army camps. Times, Sunday Times (2013) Unknown numbers of them are still detained in army camps without contact with friends and family. Times, Sunday Times (2014) That means turning old army camps into jails and building new jail ships - and fast. The Sun (2007) The poster has come under intense criticism from both camps. Times, Sunday Times (2016) I am fed up with both camps telling us how bad it will be if we do the opposite. The Sun (2016) Frantic efforts were made by both camps across the day to persuade voters leaning their way to vote. The Sun (2016) A nine-night tailor-made trip includes one night in the desert camp. Times, Sunday Times It felt like the edge of the world as we arrived at our remote desert camp - there was nothing but sand and stars. The Sun Two gazelles were roasted at the desert camp. Times, Sunday Times Other highlights include a desert camp and a camel ride into the dunes. Times, Sunday Times And delightful, as we clamber down in the red glow of the sunset and relax on carpets at a desert camp with a traditional barbecue. Times, Sunday Times I'm also the spy in the enemy camp. Times, Sunday Times Plant or recruit an informant in the enemy camp and you have direct access to their secrets. Times, Sunday Times Spotting the temporary lack of harmony in the enemy camp. Times,Sunday Times The mutiny sent producers into a panic - and they scrambled to move them into the enemy camp. The Sun If you have a prized asset in the heart of the enemy camp, you don't want to give the slightest clue that it exists. Times, Sunday Times She spent weeks at a fitness camp as she battled to lose weight. The Sun Yes, then maybe we could open fitness camps where families can go to do star jumps and press-ups. The Sun Together they started a series of fitness camps to inspire thousands of young people to lose weight and get more active. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The youngster had been to another football camp and was quick to issue a challenge. The Sun He performs community work in his spare time, and hosts an annual free youth football camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During spring football camp, he recorded the fastest 40-yard dash time among the running backs at 4.33 seconds. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He was incarcerated hours before hosting a youth football camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He also ran summer football camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It was never flown because it was still under construction when the camp was liberated in 1945. Times, Sunday Times (2014) He died of a brain tumour five months before the camp was liberated . Times, Sunday Times (2014) The camp was liberated by the American army later that day. Times, Sunday Times (2008) As we walked, we were drawn into memories of our own childhood, blowing dandelion clocks and making camps. Times, Sunday Times (2008) Dig out your sleeping bags and blankets and make a camp on the sofa. The Sun (2020) There was so much space to run about, make camps and climb chestnut trees. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The men set off, walking purposefully in a tight group of about 30 towards the terminal from their makeshift camp. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Thousands of families are in makeshift camps after losing their homes. The Sun (2015) They were crammed into makeshift camps, where the conditions were appalling. Times, Sunday Times (2015) The migrant camps are well away from tourist areas. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He visited the Jungle migrant camp in Calais on Sunday to highlight the plight of refugee children. The Sun (2016) They suffered the same persecution in European migrant camps as the attacks they have fled. Times, Sunday Times (2016) He's on his way to a military camp. Times, Sunday Times (2010) Four British military camps have now had swine flu cases. The Sun (2009) Once we had a full load we drove outside town to a derelict military camp filled with rusty guns. THE ZANZIBAR CHEST: A Memoir of Love and War (2003) The Cold War had divided the most powerful nations in the world into opposing camps. The Collins History of the World in the 20th Century (1994) The result is that parents are increasingly manoeuvring themselves into entrenched opposing camps. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Given that the brothers have belonged in opposing camps throughout their careers, it is perhaps surprising that they deny any rivalry. Times, Sunday Times (2008) In front of me were three pick-ups and the beginnings of an overnight camp. Times, Sunday Times The patrols took an unsupervised patrol hike and overnight camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Examples of these situations are overnight camp and sleepovers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Each team must carry all their gear, including equipment for an overnight camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It became a popular overnight camp for the bullock teams hauling timber, which in turn attracted farmers and settlers. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A preseason camp has to be hard, and you have to work hard. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, he was cut from preseason camp a month later. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Upon the conclusion of preseason camp, the coaching staff praised his progress, particularly his game-planning, for which he had been criticized in the past. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In 2003, he appeared in all thirteen games as a reserve left defensive end, moving to that position after playing at middle linebacker in preseason camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Driving also means you can switch between staying in immaculately restored country houses - posadas or casas rurales - remote camp sites in the mountains and hotels on the beach. Times, Sunday Times The refugees were returned to a remote camp where more than 1,000 asylum seekers have been stranded for months. Times, Sunday Times The work required that he spend most of the winter with one other man at a remote camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This more remote camp was reserved for the most uncooperative of the detainees. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He chose not to provide electricity at the remote camps. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This weeklong residential camp has been offered since 1989. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 By 2008 the camp was hosting 60 campers in three one week residential camp sessions. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 All weight issues can be addressed with the right levels of support, from preventative programmes to residential camps. The Sun Construction on the project started in 1987 with access roads, residential camps, construction facilities and the development of quarries and borrow areas. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Several 3 day residential camps were held during every school term. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There was also a row between the rival camps over the validity of the victory. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Others allowed petty disputes to divide townspeople into rival camps. The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995) Many predicted turf wars between rival camps around the two men. Times, Sunday Times (2008) The English set up camp on the high moorland but now faced the full onslaught of torrential rain, high winds and the cold. Times, Sunday Times (2015) One night we had to set up camp above an open sewer. Times, Sunday Times (2016) At least 1,000 have set up makeshift camps elsewhere along the coast. Times, Sunday Times (2009) As winter falls, the settlers set up a temporary camp while their guides fetch supplies. The Sun Thousands slept in tents set up in a temporary camp. Times, Sunday Times Scouts simply met at undeveloped land and set up a temporary camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They established a temporary camp and for the next two days conducted scientific observations. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 However, since this was only a temporary camp, no one at headquarters recognized the name. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 It’s a whole different thing to actually go visit a camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Early one morning, we visit a camp for some of the displaced people. Times, Sunday Times About 100 people visit the camp each day with donations of kindling and so much food that excess supplies have been donated to homeless shelters. Times, Sunday Times Most year levels visit the camp every year. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Fennec foxes are the most commonly seen mammal and regularly visit the camp site at night. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A weekend camp starts at 295pp, full-board, with all training. Times, Sunday Times The facility now operates as a weekend camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During summer and weekend camp visits, young people acquire supervisory skills to become future camp counselors. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Weekend camps cost about 40, and all food and activities are thrown in. Times, Sunday Times The name appears to be derived from a corroboree site, or because of fights amongst oyster gatherers at weekend camps. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 During the day, game wander through the nine-tented wilderness camp to get to the water; at night you can hear hyena and lion. Times, Sunday Times Unable to convince the others, he heads for the wilderness camp on his own. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 There are also six wilderness camps in the park. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The two dozen or so members train as hard as the drivers, going to a winter camp each off-season. Times, Sunday Times Three times, winter camp was a day away from taking place. Times, Sunday Times Winter camp includes a day trip to go snow tubing and various outdoor winter activities. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Burial of the dismembered remains would have taken place in fall after returning to winter camp, but before the ground was frozen completely. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The new site had been used as a fall and winter camp since the early 1900s. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He phoned them 59 minutes after he arrived at the political youth camp that was his main target, and half an hour before he surrendered. Times, Sunday Times It was no longer a youth camp. Times, Sunday Times The site was at one point intended to be converted into a resort, then a youth camp. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They have adequate time for sermon prep, worship practice, youth camps, and so on. Christianity Today Denominational agencies may seek reference letters when soliciting volunteers to work at denomination-sponsored events (such as youth camps), or when evaluating applications for employment, or when evaluating candidates for ordination. Christianity Today Translations: Chinese: 露营地, 扎营, 装模作样的 Japanese: キャンプ, キャンプする, 大げさでわざとらしい |
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