Cordon



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 警戒线, 哨兵线
• ［英］ n. 警戒线, 哨兵线 ( a line or circle of police, soldiers, etc. guarding an area)
• ［记］ 来自cord ( 绳索) , 注意不要和cordial ( 衷心的) 相混

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French, diminutive of corde cord
• Date: 15th century
• 1.
  • a. an ornamental cord or ribbon
  • b. stringcourse
• 2.
  • a. a line of troops or of military posts enclosing an area to prevent passage
  • b. a line of persons or objects around a person or place cordon of police
• 3. an espalier especially of a fruit tree trained as a single horizontal shoot or two diverging horizontal shoots in a single line

II. transitive verb

• Date: 1561
• to form a protective or restrictive cordon around — usually used with off<police cordoned off the area around the crime scene

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