| 单词 | garrison |
| 释义 | garrison (once / 403 pages) nv A garrison most often refers to a military outpost where troops are stationed to provide protection to an area. The word garrison is also used to refer to the troops stationed there. Garrison is from the Old French verb garir, meaning "defend, protect" is of Germanic origin, so you can see where the noun garrison gets its sense of a stronghold of defense. A great example is Hadrian's Wall, completed in 128 A.D. by the Roman emperor Hadrian. The wall was built across Scotland to protect settlements to the south from invaders, and it was dotted with around two dozen forts that could each hold a garrison of 500 soldiers. WORD FAMILYgarrison: garrisoned, garrisoning, garrisons USAGE EXAMPLESA force of more than 4,000 Pakistani soldiers is stationed in Swat, and last month the army began constructing a permanent garrison. Reuters(Dec 11, 2016) Abbottabad, a garrison city north of Peshawar, was where United States Navy SEALs raided a compound and killed Osama bin Laden in 2011. New York Times(Dec 07, 2016) The garrison served as the Eastern Caribbean headquarters of the British Army and Navy. BBC(Nov 29, 2016) 1n a fortified military post where troops are stationed Syn|Exp|Hyper fort Fort George Gordon Meade a United States Army base in Maryland; headquarters of the National Security Agency military post, post military installation at which a body of troops is stationed 2n the troops who maintain and guard a fortified place Hyper military personnel, soldiery, troops soldiers collectively 3v station (troops) in a fort or garrison Hyper place, post, send, station assign to a station Garrison (once / 2380 pages) n WORD FAMILY Garrison: Garrisons USAGE EXAMPLESGarrison says a special operations team responded and found the bodies of two people inside. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) Lee Eaton and Dan Ware, the Gunners’ central midfield partnership, remember the sight of household names appearing at Garrison Field, too. New York Times(Dec 21, 2016) Garrison officials at Fort Meade near Baltimore say in a statement that Army Command Sgt. Washington Times(Dec 16, 2016) n United States abolitionist who published an anti-slavery journal (1805-1879) Syn|Exp William Lloyd Garrison abolitionist, emancipationist a reformer who favors abolishing slavery |
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