a shelter made of a large sheet of canvas, nylon, etc. that is supported by poles and ropes fixed to the ground, and is used especially for camping 帐篷;帐棚 to put up/take down a tent 搭帐篷;拆帐篷 to pitch (= put up) a tent 搭帐篷 Food will be served in the hospitality tent (= for example at an outdoor show). 招待帐篷里会有食物供应。 Everyone was sleeping outside in tents. 每个人都睡在外面的帐篷里。
Extra ExamplesTopics Holidaysb1The refugees had been living in makeshift tents for a year. 难民们已经在临时帐篷里住了一年了。 The reporters were waiting for the winners to come to the press tent. 记者们在等待获胜者来到记者帐篷。 There was a long queue of troops outside the cookhouse tent. 厨房帐篷的外面排起了长长的队伍。 A tent city housing refugees from the war sprang up. 一座收容战争难民的帐篷城拔地而起。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectivesee also big tent- camping
- A-frame
- dome
- …
- row
- erect
- pitch
- put up
- …
- blow down
- collapse
- blow away
- …
- camp
- city
- door
- …
- in a/the tent
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French tente, based on Latin tent- ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere.