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单词 rendezvous
释义 ren·dez·vous
I. \ˈrändəˌvü, -dēˌ-, -dāˌ-\ noun
(plural rendezvous \-üz\)
Etymology: Middle French, from the phrase rendez vous present yourselves, from rendez (2d plural imperative of rendre to render, deliver) + vous you, from Latin vos; akin to Greek hymeis you, Sanskrit vas, Old Slavic vy
1.
 a. : a place appointed for assembling or meeting
  < met him at the rendezvous agreed on the night before >
 specifically : a place appointed for the assembly of troops, ships, or airplanes before or after an operation
  < the belated arrival of this division at the rendezvousAmerican Guide Series: Florida >
  < there were three ports of … rendezvous, any one of which the whaling fleet might make at the end of a season to transship the catch to the schooner tenders — H.A.Chippendale >
 b. : a place to which people customarily come in numbers : a place of popular resort : haunt
  < Lower City Park, a favorite rendezvous for anglers seeking small panfish — American Guide Series: Michigan >
 c. : a place used (as by a band of outlaws or pirates) as a headquarters to work out of
2.
 a. : a meeting at an appointed place and time
  < blue-jacketed sailors hurry to some long-anticipated rendezvousAmerican Guide Series: Virginia >
  < rendezvous was made with a tanker and escort and … the ships of the task group refueled — Martin Dibner >
 b. : an agreement to meet each other or with another person or thing
  < kept their rendezvous >
  < I have a long-delayed rendezvous with the city beneath the sea — H.E.Rieseberg >
 c. : an annual gathering of fur trappers for trade and fun
3. obsolete : retreat, refuge
4. obsolete : a gathering or assemblage of persons or things
Synonyms: see engagement
II. verb
(rendezvoused ; rendezvoused \-üd\ ; rendezvousing \-üiŋ\ ; rendezvouses \-üz\)
intransitive verb
1. : to come together at a place; especially : to meet or assemble by appointment
 < all the cars rendezvous each night at prearranged destinations — Ford Times >
2. obsolete : to mobilize one's forces
transitive verb
: to bring together at a rendezvous
 < decided to rendezvous two fleets … and to decoy United States ships away with a third fleet — Newsweek >
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