英语词汇“tent”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	tent
释义	Trends of tent View usage for: tent (tent) Word forms: plural tents countable noun A tent is a shelter made of canvas or nylon which is held up by poles and ropes, and is used mainly by people who are camping. tent in British English 1 (tɛnt) noun 1. a. a portable shelter of canvas, plastic, or other waterproof material supported on poles and fastened to the ground by pegs and ropes b. (as modifier) tent peg 2. something resembling this in function or shape verb 3. (intransitive) to camp in a tent 4. (transitive) to cover with or as if with a tent or tents 5. (transitive) to provide with a tent as shelter Derived forms tented (ˈtented) adjective tentless (ˈtentless) adjective tentlike (ˈtentˌlike) adjective Word origin C13: from Old French tente, from Latin tentōrium something stretched out, from tendere to stretch tent in British English 2 (tɛnt) medicine noun 1. a plug of soft material for insertion into a bodily canal, etc, to dilate it or maintain its patency verb 2. (transitive) to insert such a plug into (a bodily canal, etc) Word origin C14 (in the sense: a probe): from Old French tente (noun), ultimately from Latin temptāre to try; see tempt tent in British English 3 (tɛnt) noun obsolete a red table wine from Alicante, Spain Word origin C16: from Spanish tinto dark-coloured; see tint tent in British English 4 (tɛnt) Scottish noun 1. heed; attention verb (transitive) 2. to pay attention to; take notice of 3. to attend to Derived forms tenter (ˈtenter) noun Word origin C14: from attent attend and intent tent in American English 1 (tɛnt) noun 1. a portable shelter consisting of canvas, skins, etc. stretched over poles and attached to stakes 2. anything suggestive of a tent, as an oxygen tent adjective 3. of or like a tent verb intransitive 4. to live in a tent; encamp verb transitive 5. to lodge in tents 6. to cover with or as if with a tent Word origin ME < OFr tente < L tenta, fem. pp. of tentus, alt. pp. of tendere, to stretch: see thin tent in American English 2 (tɛnt) noun 1. Medicine a plug of gauze, lint, etc. placed into an opening or wound to dilate it or keep it open verb transitive 2. to insert such a plug in Word origin ME tente < OFr, a probe < tenter, to try, test < L tentare, var. of temptare: see tempt Image of tent © 08/05/2018, Shutterstock Examples of 'tent' in a sentence tent The big tent would remain standing. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The tent itself takes up to eight days to erect and requires a crew of 114 to set up and run. Times, Sunday Times (2016) It is best to approach from Holland Park and see the big tent rising amid the greenery. Times, Sunday Times (2016) Only 60,000 tents have been erected in six camps outside Mosul. Times, Sunday Times (2016) They have erected a tent where people can hide from their home's TV screens. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The tent is canvas with wooden poles and ropes to hold it together. Times, Sunday Times (2007) We played the tent and people climbed up the tent poles. The Sun (2015) We need a big tent to protect us all from the storms. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The men slept on camp beds in tents for eight people. Times, Sunday Times (2007) We need flooring for the tents and cover with plastic sheets and insulation. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Yesterday a tent had been erected over the scene. The Sun (2009) Pakistani wedding tent provides the communal space. Times, Sunday Times (2009) They advised me to take the tent down but that was all they could do. The Sun (2015) They found it hard to peg their tents down. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Mentally ill people burst from tents yelling at unseen terrors. Times, Sunday Times (2014) The environment was outside the big tent. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Protesters will take steps today to turn the camp into a tented city. Times, Sunday Times (2011) There was a white forensics tent covering up the car. The Sun (2012) Last night more tents had been erected and new arrivals kept coming. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The tent takes about a week to put up and kit out. The Sun (2015) They are like tent pegs that will hold us fast in the storms of life. Christianity Today (2000) Coming back to my tent to find people sleeping in it. Times, Sunday Times (2007) He was kept in a clear plastic tent and allowed out of it only a few days ago. The Sun (2014) It is a canvas bell tent that goes up around a central pole and is secured with guy ropes. Times, Sunday Times (2007) It was a very big tent. Times, Sunday Times (2011) Barracks, tents and makeshift shelters sprang like undergrowth from the soil. Times, Sunday Times (2014) Working from a canvas tent amid constant gunfire, life quickly boiled down to the basics. Times, Sunday Times (2009) But he denied that the problems stretched beyond failing to provide tents promptly to the tens of thousands unable to return to their homes. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The dead included nomadic people who had only tents for shelter and villagers cut off from food and medical aid because roads had been blocked. Times, Sunday Times (2008) If they fail, millions of gallons will roar through valleys filled with the tents and temporary shelters of the homeless. The Sun (2008) Word lists with tent home In other languages tent British English: tent /tɛnt/ NOUN A tent is a shelter made of canvas or nylon and held up by poles and ropes, used mainly by people who are camping. American English: tent Arabic: خَيْمَة Brazilian Portuguese: barraca Chinese: 帐篷 Croatian: šator Czech: stan Danish: telt Dutch: tent European Spanish: tienda de campaña Finnish: teltta French: tente German: Zelt Greek: αντίσκηνο Italian: tenda Japanese: テント Korean: 천막 Norwegian: telt Polish: namiot European Portuguese: tenda Romanian: cort Russian: палатка Latin American Spanish: tienda de campaña Swedish: tält Thai: เต็นท์ Turkish: çadır Ukrainian: намет Vietnamese: lều All related terms of 'tent' bell tent a cone-shaped tent having a single central supporting pole big tent a political approach in which a party claims to be open to a wide spectrum of constituents and groups pup tent → shelter tent tent city an area set up with tents , esp. as to house homeless or displaced persons tent peg a peg used to hold down rope attached to a tent into the ground tent pole a pole which is used to hold up a tent tent show a show , as a circus , given in a tent frame tent a tent consisting of fabric stretched over a frame oxygen tent a transparent enclosure covering a bedridden patient , into which oxygen is released to help maintain respiration ridge tent a tent in which the roof slopes down from a central ridgepole tent dress a very full tent-shaped dress, having no darts , waistline , etc tent stitch an embroidery stitch that forms a series of parallel slanting lines shelter tent a military tent for two men tent trailer a large enclosed vehicle capable of being pulled by a car or lorry and equipped to be lived in trailer tent a large tent that packs into a trailer , in which the trailer's base becomes the sleeping or living area when the tent is erected tent caterpillar the larva of various moths of the family Lasiocampidae, esp Malacosoma americana of North America, which build communal webs in trees petit point a small diagonal needlepoint stitch used for fine detail Chinese translation of 'tent' tent (tɛnt) n (c) 帐(帳)篷 (zhàngpeng) (顶, dǐng)
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