词组 | camp |
释义 | camp /kæmp/ noun 1. a place where people stay in tents or sheltersadjectives/nouns + campan army/military camp The soldiers were from the army camp on the other side of town.base camp (=the main camp for people climbing a mountain) The expedition’s base camp was 6,000 feet below the summit.a training camp They found a terrorist training camp in the hills.a temporary camp We set up a temporary camp in the forest.a makeshift camp (=made from whatever is available rather than with proper tents or equipment) The families are living in makeshift camps with no water or electricity.a refugee camp (=for people who have escaped from a country because of war or a natural disaster) Hundreds of people have fled their homes and are now living in refugee camps.a holiday camp BrE (=a place with organized activities where people go for their holidays) He works as an entertainer at a holiday camp.a scout/guide camp (=for members of a boys’ group called the Scouts or a girls’ group called the Guides) I met Mary at a guide camp last year.a sports/activity camp (=where people go to play sports or do physical activities) Every summer, the kids go to an activity camp.a squatter camp (=where people live without permission) He lives in a squatter camp in a poor area of Nairobi.verbsset up/make/pitch camp (=put up your tents) It was dark by the time we pitched camp. | We made camp in a clearing in the woods. | The soldiers set up camp outside the city.break camp (=take down your tents ready to move to a new place) Early the next morning we broke camp.prepositionsat a camp The men were trained at a camp in the desert.Campfire, campsite, and campground are usually written as one word.2. a prison, especially one run by soldiers during a warnouns + campa prison camp Life in the prison camp was unbearable.a detention/internment camp (=a prison camp) They held him in a detention camp for three months.a prisoner of war camp (=where soldiers captured in war are held) My grandad spent a year in a prisoner of war camp.a concentration camp (=where a lot of people who are not soldiers are kept and treated cruelly) Anne Frank died in a German concentration camp in 1945.a death camp (=a concentration camp where many people are killed) The pictures brought back memories of the Nazi death camps.a labour camp BrE a labor camp AmE (=for prisoners who are forced to do work) He was sentenced to 7 years in a labour camp.camp + nounsa camp guard Suddenly there was a lot of firing by the camp guards.the camp commandant (=the officer in charge) The camp commandant ordered his men to search the prison accommodation.camp inmates (=prisoners) Camp inmates had their heads shaved.prepositionsin a camp She died in a concentration camp.at a camp They were being held at a camp near the border. |
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