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Patrol Area Group Patrolled 巡逻;巡查 Guards Trouble Patrolling

The flashcard defines "patrol" as a verb meaning to move around an area to ensure safety or to check for trouble. It also defines it as a noun referring to the act of patrolling or a group performing this duty, and mentions its use in phrases like "on patrol."

The flashcard defines "patrol" as a verb meaning to move around an area to ensure safety or to check for trouble, and as a noun referring to the act of patrolling or to a group of people or vehicles performing this duty. It also notes the word's usage in phrases like "on patrol".

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Collins
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/pətro͟ʊl/
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[VERB 动词]巡逻;巡查 When soldiers, police, or guards patrol an area or building, they move around it in order to make sure that there is no trouble there.
  [V n]
  • Prison officers continued to patrol the grounds within the jail.

    狱警继续巡视监狱。

  • Patrol is also a noun.
    • He failed to return from a patrol.

      他去巡逻,然后没再回来。

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[PHRASE 短语]巡逻 Soldiers, police, or guards who are on patrol are patrolling an area.
  [usu v-link PHR]
  • The army is now on patrol in Srinagar and a curfew has been imposed...

    军队目前在斯利那加巡逻,且已实行了宵禁。

  • Security forces remained on patrol until late into the night.

    保安部队继续巡逻至深夜。

3
[N-COUNT 可数名词]巡逻队;巡逻车队 A patrol is a group of soldiers or vehicles that are patrolling an area.
  • Guerrillas attacked a patrol with hand grenades.

    游击队用手榴弹袭击了巡逻队。

  • ...a border patrol operating near the Burmese frontier.

    在缅甸边界巡逻的边境巡逻队


Oxford pa·trol / pəˈtrəʊl ; NAmE pəˈtroʊl /
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patrol patrols patrolled patrolling
verb ( -ll- ) 1 [transitive ,  intransitive ] patrol(sth) to go around an area or a building at regular times to check that it is safe and that there is no trouble 巡逻;巡查 Troops patrolled the border day and night. 军队日夜在边境地区巡逻。 Guards can be seen patrolling everywhere. 到处都能见到卫兵在巡逻。 2 [transitive ] patrolsth to drive or walk around a particular area, especially in a threatening way (尤指威胁性地)逛荡,闲逛 Gangs of youths patrol the streets at night. 夜里成帮结伙的年轻人在街上闲逛。 noun 1 [countable ,  uncountable ] the act of going to different parts of a building, an area, etc. to make sure that there is no trouble or crime 巡逻;巡查 Security guards make regular patrols at night. 夜间保安人员定时巡逻。 a police car on patrol 巡逻的警车 2 [countable ] a group of soldiers, vehicles, etc. that patrolan area 巡逻队;巡逻车队 a naval/police patrol 海军╱警察巡逻队 a patrol car/boat 巡逻车╱船 3 [countable ] a group of about six Boy Scoutsor Girl Guides/Scoutsthat forms part of a larger group 童子军小队 pa·trol / pəˈtrəʊl ; NAmE pəˈtroʊl /
LDC
patrol1 verb
patrol2 noun
patrolpa‧trol1 /pəˈtrəʊl $ -ˈtroʊl/ ●○○ verb (past tense and past participle patrolled, present participle patrolling) [transitive]
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1to go around the different parts of an area or building at regular times to check that there is no trouble or danger:  Armed guards patrolled the grounds. an area patrolled by special police units2to drive or walk around an area in a threatening way:  Gangs of youths patrolled the streets at night.
patrol1 verb
patrol2 noun
patrolpatrol2 ●○○ noun
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1[countable, uncountable] when someone goes around different parts of an area at regular times to check that there is no trouble or dangeron patrol police on patrol in the city centre The security forces increased their patrols in the area.2[countable] a group of police, soldiers, vehicles, planes etc sent out to search a particular area:  a US border patrolpatrol boat/car (=used by the army or police)3[countable] a small group of boy scouts or Guides
highway patrol
WDF

patrol

[pəˈtrəʊl]patrolled, patrolling, patrols

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Spoken:

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patrolled[292] patrolling[1334] patrols[2525]
巡逻(94%),巡查(6%)
n.巡逻;巡逻队;侦察队
vt.巡逻;巡查
vi.巡逻;巡查

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