| 释义 |
[ kawr-dn ] / ˈkɔr dn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR cordon ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna line of police, sentinels, military posts, warships, etc., enclosing or guarding an area. a cord or braid worn for ornament or as a fastening. a ribbon worn usually diagonally across the breast as a badge of a knightly or honorary order. Fortification. - a projecting course of stones at the base of a parapet.
- the coping of a scarp.
Architecture. - a stringcourse, especially one having little or no projection.
- a cut-stone riser on a stepped ramp or the like.
a fruit tree or shrub trained to grow along a support or a series of such supports. verb (used with object)to surround or blockade with or as with a cordon (usually followed by off): The police cordoned off the street. Origin of cordon1400–50; Middle English <Middle French, diminutive of corde Words nearby cordoncordless, cordless telephone, cordo-, cordoba, cord of tympanum, cordon, cordonbleu, cordonnet, cordon sanitaire, cordopexy, cordotomy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for cordonI threaded my way through the silent throng of spectators, but was stopped at Fourth Street by a cordon of police. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST Turkish authorities poured into the small town to cordon off the sites, with riot police keeping the crowds away. Car-Bomb Explosions Rock Turkey|Mike Giglio|May 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST Cordon off a few key machines and the assembly line cannot function. How Do You Strike a Walmart?|Megan McArdle|November 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST A group of people can cordon off your dies and force management to use nightsticks if they want to get at them. How Do You Strike a Walmart?|Megan McArdle|November 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The first part I read, a minor Cordon Bleu instructor, required me to say the words “an egg.” Joan Juliet Buck on Being in Awe of Nora Ephron|Joan Juliet Buck|June 27, 2012|DAILY BEAST The interior is curiously arranged with a cordon of sculpture, high in the vaulting. The Cathedrals of Northern France|Francis Miltoun Munford returned to Harrisonburg, drew his cordon across the Valley, and pushed his outposts twelve miles to the northward. The Long Roll|Mary Johnston This form of cordon is simply bent back and forth against a trellis forming a series of S's one above another. Dwarf Fruit Trees|F. A. Waugh It was a cordon he would have to fight his way through: but he dissolved it with a word. Gunman's Reckoning|Max Brand They had struck the cordon of picket posts which surrounded the surrendered army. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865|Carlton McCarthy
British Dictionary definitions for cordon
nouna chain of police, soldiers, ships, etc, stationed around an area a ribbon worn as insignia of honour or rank a cord or ribbon worn as an ornament or fastening Also called: string course, belt course, table architect an ornamental projecting band or continuous moulding along a wall horticulture a form of fruit tree consisting of a single stem bearing fruiting spurs, produced by cutting back all lateral branches verb(tr often foll by off) to put or form a cordon (around); close (off) Word Origin for cordonC16: from Old French, literally: a little cord, from corde string, cord Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to cordoninsignia, pin, stamp, symbol, token, identification, medallion, ribbon, marker, bow, decoration, tape, streamer, strip, stripe, sphere, ring, sequester, shield, brand |