- [uncountable]
a place where people live temporarily in tents or temporary buildings 營地 Let's return to camp. 咱們回營地吧。 to pitch/set up camp (= put up tents) 搭起帳篷 to break/strike camp (= take down tents) 拆除/襲擊營地
Extra ExamplesWe broke camp early the next morning. 我們第二天一早就拔營了。 We pitched camp just outside the woods. 我們就在樹林外紮營。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- makeshift
- temporary
- day
- …
- establish
- make
- pitch
- …
- be located
- fire
- site
- at (a/the) camp
- (also summer camp)[countable, uncountable] (especially in North America)
a place where children go in the summer and take part in sports and other activities 度假營 a tennis/soccer camp 網球/足球營 I used to attend a summer music camp for five weeks. 我曾經參加過爲期五周的音樂夏令營。 - at camp
He spent two weeks at camp this summer. 他今年夏天在度假營玩了兩個星期。 a camp counsellor (= somebody who works with young people at a summer camp) 夏令營輔導員
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- makeshift
- temporary
- day
- …
- establish
- make
- pitch
- …
- be located
- fire
- site
- at (a/the) camp
see also day camp, fat camp - [countable]
(used in compounds )用於構成複合詞 a place where people are kept in temporary buildings or tents, especially by a government and often for long periods (尤指政府讓人長時間住宿的)營房,營帳 They criticized the appalling conditions in the refugee camps. 他們批評難民營的惡劣條件。 a detention/an internment camp 拘留所/拘留營 They were repeatedly beaten by camp guards. 他們多次遭到營地警衛的毆打。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- concentration
- detention
- internment
- …
- be sent to
- enter
- liberate
- …
- inmate
- guard
- survivor
- …
- in a/the camp
- [countable, uncountable]
a place where soldiers live while they are training or fighting 兵營 an army camp 軍營
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- makeshift
- temporary
- day
- …
- establish
- make
- pitch
- …
- be located
- fire
- site
- at (a/the) camp
- [countable]
a group of people who have the same ideas about something and oppose people with other ideas 陣營(指觀點相同且與持不同觀點者對立的集團) the socialist camp 社會主義陣營 We were in opposing camps. 我們屬於彼此對立的陣營。 The region split into two armed camps. 這個地區分裂成爲兩個武裝集團。 People are split into two camps on this issue. 在這個問題上,人們分成了兩個陣營。 He was a politician who switched camps when it suited him. 他是一個在合適的時候轉換陣營的政治家。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hostile
- opposing
- rival
- …
- divide into
- split into
- in a/the camp
- have a foot in both camps
- [countable]
one of the sides in a competition and the people connected with it 陣營(比賽的一方及其支持者) Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hostile
- opposing
- rival
- …
- divide into
- split into
- in a/the camp
- have a foot in both camps
in tents帳篷
holiday/vacation度假
prison, etc.拘留營等
army軍隊
group of people群體
Word Originnoun early 16th cent.: from French camp, champ, from Italian campo, from Latin campus ‘level ground’, specifically applied to the Campus Martius in Rome, used for games, athletic practice, and military drill.
Idioms
have/keep a foot in both camps
to be involved in or connected with two different groups, especially ones that oppose each other 腳踩兩只船