| 单词 | patrol |
| 释义 | patrol (once / 445 pages) nv When a person or a group monitors a specific area, that's a patrol. A police officer's night patrol might involve walking a beat on certain city streets. A patrol is the activity of watching a neighborhood or region, and also refers to the person or group doing the watching. And when you join such a group, you can say you patrol. Your neighborhood watch group might patrol the town in groups of three, driving up and down the streets keeping an eye out for suspicious activity. The French patrouille, "a night watch," comes from patrouiller, "go the rounds," and originally "tramp trough the mud." WORD FAMILYpatrol: patroled, patroling, patrolled, patroller, patrolling, patrols+/patroller: patrollers USAGE EXAMPLESCustoms and Border Patrol computer problems hit several U.S. airports on Monday, causing long lines at immigration checks, airport officials said. Reuters(Jan 02, 2017) And the Highway Patrol said security footage caught two people splattering motor oil on the sidewalk and Capitol building on Halloween night. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Goicoechea spent 17 years with the highway patrol before being elected judge in November. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n the activity of going around or through an area at regular intervals for security purposes Hypo|Hyper airborne patrol a patrol provided by aircraft round-the-clock patrola continuous nonstop patrol protection the activity of protecting someone or something 2n a group that goes through a region at regular intervals for the purpose of security Hypo|Hyper border patrol a group of officers who patrol the borders of a country harbor patrolpatrol of officers who police a harbor area force, personnel group of people willing to obey orders 3n a detachment used for security or reconnaissance Hyper detachment a small unit of troops of special composition 4v maintain the security of by carrying out a patrol Syn|Hyper police guard to keep watch over |
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