单词 | to make camp |
释义 | > as lemmasto make camp 37. to make camp: to prepare a camp, put up a tent, etc.; to pitch camp. ΚΠ 1846 G. R. Gibson Jrnl. 24 July (1935) 161 We made camp in good season after marching twenty-five miles. 1855 E. G. Beckwith Rep. Explor. & Surv. Mississippi River II. 16 Coming to a creek with..a deep eastern bank, we lowered the wagon down it and made camp just before dark. 1885 Overland Monthly Nov. 450/1 In February of each year, the Indians gather here to make camp, cut fuel, and prepare for the run of the oolachaus or candle-fish. 1919 Outing Mar. 328/3 The trailer is much more than a carry-all. When you make camp, the trailer itself becomes your home. 1942 R. L. Haig-Brown Timber ix. 109 This is where we'll make camp. We've got a bunch of trees ringed for firewood and a sort of a shelter. 1968 R. M. Patterson Finlay's River 168 There they made camp, cached their canoe and load, and sorted out what they wanted to take for their next overland trek. 1993 Up Here (Yellowknife, N.W. Territories) Aug. 31/1 We made camp that night on the dunes and let the horses drift over the sand. < as lemmas |
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