单词 | campout |
释义 | campoutor camp-out[ kamp-out ] / ˈkæmpˌaʊt / nouna camping out of a group. Origin of campout1875–80, Americanism; noun use of verb phrase camp out Words nearby campoutCampo Formio, Campo Grande, camporee, Campos, campo santo, campout, camp oven, Camp Pendleton, camp pie, camp robber, campshed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Idioms and Phrases with campoutcamp out Sleep outdoors; also, stay somewhere for an unusually long time. For example, “We camped out in a field this night” (George Washington, Journal, March 18, 1748). In the early 1900s, the expression was extended to figurative uses, meaning simply “to stay somewhere for an unusually long time,” as in She camped out at the stage door, hoping for an autograph. The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. |
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