barrack
名词 n.
动词 v.
英 /ˈbæɹ.ək/
美 /ˈbæɹ.ək/
英文释义
名词 n.
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A building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.
— Before the gates of Bari, he lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches, and thatched with straw; a perilous station, on all sides open to the inclemency of the winter and the spears of the enemy.
- A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.
- Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.
- A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.
- A police station.
动词 v.
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To house military personnel; to quarter.
— Where the men were barracked alone, unnatural crime prevailed : where the women were barracked, contrivances were made to render such a place a brothel.
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To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.
— I knew that he had been barracked at times, but I did not realise that he was so sensitive.
- To live in barracks.
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To cheer for or support a team.
— The only really unique aspect of Australian barracking is its idiom, the distinctive language and humour involved.
词源
Borrowed from French baraque, from Spanish barraca or Catalan barraca, which is of uncertain origin. It is probably either a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barra (“bar”), of unclear origin, or a diminutive of Vulgar Latin *barrum (“clay, mud”) from Celtiberian or Paleo-Hispanic.
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