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单词 guard-house
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guard-housen.

Brit. /ˈɡɑːdhaʊs/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrdˌhaʊs/
(a) A building for the accommodation of a (military) guard. (b) A building in which prisoners are detained under guard.
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society > armed hostility > defence > action or duty of sentry or picket > [noun] > watch-post > guardhouse
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1592 in J. Stuart Extracts Council Reg. Aberdeen (1848) II. 76 Ilk persone..being warnit to the wache to cum theirto to the gaird hous.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 67 The English have a pretty Custom-house and Guard-house.
1712 W. Rogers Cruising Voy. 43 They have also a Guard-house, where there are about 20 Men commanded by the Governour, a Lieutenant, and Ensign.
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. I. 81 The Captain proceeded to withdraw his men towards their guard-house in the High-street.
1825 T. Jefferson Autobiogr. in Wks. (1859) I. 87 They collected the next day, burnt ten or twelve guard-houses, killed two or three of the guards [etc.].
1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 698 There were guard-houses at intervals for the body-guard.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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