a large building or group of buildings for soldiers to live in 营房；兵营 an army barracks 一座兵营 The troops were ordered back to barracks. 士兵们被命令返回营房。 The soldiers are searched before they are allowed to leave barracks. 士兵在获准离营前要接受搜身。 Troops are being withdrawn to barracks to avoid further clashes. 部队正在撤回兵营以避免引起更大冲突。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- army
- marine
- military
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- live in
- be confined to
- attack
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any large ugly building or buildings （一所或一群）简陋的大房子
Word Originlate 17th cent.: barrack from French baraque, from Italian baracca or Spanish barraca ‘soldier's tent’, of unknown origin.