| 单词 | decamp |
| 释义 | decamp (once / 5866 pages) 1v 2v When you decamp, you leave or depart very suddenly, or in secret. If your rent in Brooklyn keeps going up, you may decide to decamp to New Jersey. Use the verb decamp when people scram — especially when they relocate a household or a business to a new location. You'll probably be disappointed when your favorite pizza place decamps to another neighborhood, or if your best friend's family decamps to Canada. The word was originally a military term, literally meaning "leave camp," from the French décamper, from des-, "apart or away," and camp, "open space for military exercises." WORD FAMILYdecamp: decamped, decamping, decampment, decamps+/decampment: decampments USAGE EXAMPLESChina’s middle class is increasingly less tolerant of the deadly air, and in December tens of thousands of “smog refugees” decamped to clearer skies. The Guardian(Jan 01, 2017) They divorced when she was 2 after her dad decamped to marry Elizabeth Taylor. Washington Times(Dec 27, 2016) And in Milwaukee’s circle of affluent black professionals, that sometimes means decamping for majority white areas in the city or the suburbs. New York Times(Aug 20, 2016) 1 1v leave suddenly She persuaded him to decamp Syn|Hyper skip, vamoose go away, go forth, leave go away from a place 2v run away; usually includes taking something or somebody along 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper abscond, absquatulate, bolt, go off, make off, run off levant run off without paying a debt flee, fly, take flight run away quickly v leave a camp The hikers decamped before dawn Syn|Hyper break camp depart, quit, take leave go away or leave |
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