Bivouac



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.露天营地
• ［英］ n.露天营地 ( camp without tents)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French, from Low German biwacht, from bi by + wacht guard
• Date: 1819
• 1. a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter
• 2.
  • a. encampment usually for a night
  • b. a temporary or casual shelter or lodging

II. verb (-ouacked; -ouacking)

• Date: 1809
• intransitive verb
  • 1. to make a bivouac ; camp
  • 2. to take shelter often temporarily
• transitive verb
  • to provide temporary quarters for <they were bivouacked in the gym during the storm>

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