| 单词 | on patrol | 
| 释义 | > as lemmason patrol  a.  The action or an act of going round or about an area at regular intervals for the purpose of keeping watch and guarding or protecting it. Frequently in  on patrol. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > 			[noun]		 > patrolling patrol1648 patrolling1659 1648    Mercurius Melancholicus 7–14 Aug. 147  				An Officer of the City with a guard going the patroll in Colemanstreet, was suddainly bid to stand, with who comes there? 1664    S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt.  ii. iii. 188  				These Consecrated Geese in Orders,..being then upon Petrol With noyse alone beat off the Gaul. 1693    N. Luttrell Diary in  Brief Hist. Relation State Affairs 		(1857)	 III. 245  				His majestie has ordered a nightly patrole. 1708    London Gaz. No. 4419/5  				The Dragoons..kept Patroles all Night. a1734    R. North Examen 		(1740)	  iii. vii. §98. 580  				The Sherriffs..rode the Petroville about the City almost all Night, and no one attempted to make a Bonefire. 1833    H. Martineau Loom & Lugger  i. v. 91  				You are dreading your patrol to-night because it is beginning to snow. 1887    in  C. E. Pascoe Joyous Neighbourhood Covent Garden 126 		(advt.)	  				Rougemont hotel, Exeter... Night porter on patrol. 1944    W. L. Moore in  L. Warfield Fighting Words 92  				Connelly was coming to look upon shore patrol as merely a time-killer. 1964    Evening Standard 4 Feb. 16/2  				Experiments with pocket radios..have established that they..can be of immense value to the constable on patrol. 1988    Independent 18 Aug. 1/2  				Police forces are reducing patrols. < as lemmas  | 
	
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