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Garrison Troops Stationed Military ɡærɪsn Japanese Wake Surrendered

Front garrison
Pron ['ɡærɪsn]
Back 【GARRISON】
The Japanese garrison on Wake surrendered at the end of World War II.
日本在威克岛的要塞在第二次世界大战结束时投降了。
【重点词汇】
garrison n. 要塞 同: fort
Vocab
garrisona fortified military post where troops are stationed

A garrison most often refers to a military outpost where troops are stationed to provide protection to an area. The word garrison is also used to refer to the troops stationed there.

Garrison is from the Old French verb garir, meaning "defend, protect" is of Germanic origin, so you can see where the noun garrison gets its sense of a stronghold of defense. A great example is Hadrian's Wall, completed in 128 A.D. by the Roman emperor Hadrian. The wall was built across Scotland to protect settlements to the south from invaders, and it was dotted with around two dozen forts that could each hold a garrison of 500 soldiers.

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