- [uncountable]
a place where people live temporarily in tents or temporary buildings 营地 Let's return to camp. 咱们回营地吧。 to pitch/set up camp (= put up tents) 搭起帐篷 to break/strike camp (= take down tents) 拆除/袭击营地
Extra ExamplesWe broke camp early the next morning. 我们第二天一早就拔营了。 We pitched camp just outside the woods. 我们就在树林外扎营。
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 度假营 a tennis/soccer camp 网球/足球营 I used to attend a summer music camp for five weeks. 我曾经参加过为期五周的音乐夏令营。 - at camp
He spent two weeks at camp this summer. 他今年夏天在度假营玩了两个星期。 a camp counsellor (= somebody who works with young people at a summer camp) 夏令营辅导员
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 )用于构成复合词 a place where people are kept in temporary buildings or tents, especially by a government and often for long periods (尤指政府让人长时间住宿的)营房,营帐 They criticized the appalling conditions in the refugee camps. 他们批评难民营的恶劣条件。 a detention/an internment camp 拘留所/拘留营 They were repeatedly beaten by camp guards. 他们多次遭到营地警卫的殴打。
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 兵营 an army camp 军营
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 阵营(指观点相同且与持不同观点者对立的集团) the socialist camp 社会主义阵营 We were in opposing camps. 我们属于彼此对立的阵营。 The region split into two armed camps. 这个地区分裂成为两个武装集团。 People are split into two camps on this issue. 在这个问题上,人们分成了两个阵营。 He was a politician who switched camps when it suited him. 他是一个在合适的时候转换阵营的政治家。
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 阵营(比赛的一方及其支持者) Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- hostile
- opposing
- rival
- …
- divide into
- split into
- in a/the camp
- have a foot in both camps
in tents帐篷
holiday/vacation度假
prison, etc.拘留营等
army军队
group of people群体
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 脚踩两只船