Definition of foot patrol in English:

foot patrol

noun

1An expedition to keep watch over an area by regularly walking around it, especially as conducted by soldiers or police.
he was shot during a foot patrol
mass noun police on foot patrol discovered a spate of car vandalisms in Kirkwall
Example sentencesExamples
- Foot patrols are conducted weekly along the entire perimetre, checking for any water seepage, or holes caused by natural erosion or rodents.
- Garda cyclists will have greater mobility than officers on foot patrol.
- During the nights at weekends, there are extra foot patrols in the city centre.
- The agents who spotted the raft were on routine foot patrol.
- More police officers will be deployed on foot patrols in the town centre shopping area.
- Police are considering starting foot patrols on Washington Avenue.
- The study was not able to indicate whether these attitudes led to or resulted from the officers' assignment to foot patrol.
- The next couple of months involved going over to Liverpool a few times a week to do foot patrols or go out in a police car.
- The rest of the crew (an infantry squad) were on foot patrol at the time.
- Among them are a regular foot patrol in the city's downtown business area.
1. 1.1 A group of people, especially soldiers or police, sent to keep watch over an area by regularly walking around it.
  the vehicle had been called to help a foot patrol caught in a series of ambushes
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was shot in the leg when his foot patrol was ambushed.
  The official charged with eradicating these highwaymen complained that foot patrols were unable to pursue the mounted outlaws.
  Several rewrites in the past decade have omitted valuable scout know-how, such as tracking enemy foot patrols.
  Instead of foot patrols, saffron-clad monks circumambulate the temples in the predawn light, armed only with prayer beads.
  A helicopter clattered overhead while ill-equipped foot patrols trudged through the vast forest on a fruitless hunt for the intruders.
  We have met councillors and recently deployed additional foot patrols in and around the village to reassure people.
  The bomb, made from large artillery shells, went off near a foot patrol.
  It is imperative to have a foot patrol, which is a very efficient way of controlling inconspicuous poaching activities.
  An increase in police foot patrols has been requested.
  The body was discovered after a large-scale search involving 40 police, including underwater teams, mounted officers, and foot patrols.

单词	foot patrol
释义	Definition of foot patrol in English: foot patrol noun 1An expedition to keep watch over an area by regularly walking around it, especially as conducted by soldiers or police. he was shot during a foot patrol mass noun police on foot patrol discovered a spate of car vandalisms in Kirkwall Example sentencesExamples Foot patrols are conducted weekly along the entire perimetre, checking for any water seepage, or holes caused by natural erosion or rodents. Garda cyclists will have greater mobility than officers on foot patrol. During the nights at weekends, there are extra foot patrols in the city centre. The agents who spotted the raft were on routine foot patrol. More police officers will be deployed on foot patrols in the town centre shopping area. Police are considering starting foot patrols on Washington Avenue. The study was not able to indicate whether these attitudes led to or resulted from the officers' assignment to foot patrol. The next couple of months involved going over to Liverpool a few times a week to do foot patrols or go out in a police car. The rest of the crew (an infantry squad) were on foot patrol at the time. Among them are a regular foot patrol in the city's downtown business area. 1.1 A group of people, especially soldiers or police, sent to keep watch over an area by regularly walking around it. the vehicle had been called to help a foot patrol caught in a series of ambushes Example sentencesExamples He was shot in the leg when his foot patrol was ambushed. The official charged with eradicating these highwaymen complained that foot patrols were unable to pursue the mounted outlaws. Several rewrites in the past decade have omitted valuable scout know-how, such as tracking enemy foot patrols. Instead of foot patrols, saffron-clad monks circumambulate the temples in the predawn light, armed only with prayer beads. A helicopter clattered overhead while ill-equipped foot patrols trudged through the vast forest on a fruitless hunt for the intruders. We have met councillors and recently deployed additional foot patrols in and around the village to reassure people. The bomb, made from large artillery shells, went off near a foot patrol. It is imperative to have a foot patrol, which is a very efficient way of controlling inconspicuous poaching activities. An increase in police foot patrols has been requested. The body was discovered after a large-scale search involving 40 police, including underwater teams, mounted officers, and foot patrols.
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