1[countableC, uncountableU]PROTECT when someone goes around different parts of an area at regular times to check that there is no trouble or danger 巡逻,巡查
on patrol
police on patrol in the city centre
在市中心巡逻的警察
The security forces increased their patrols in the area.
patrol boat/car• There will already be a couple of chaps in a patrol car down a side street as a matter of course.• When Lombardy left home about 8 a.m., the detective followed and alerted an officer in a patrol car.• But lifeguards on a patrol boat sent to the area could not locate the whale.• Another had himself chauffeured around in patrol cars.• Consequently, the riders were escorted to the state line where Mississippi patrol cars took over.• Instead they took the kids away in the patrol car and told me to wait.• Despite the protection of the reef, there was sufficient sea running to make the patrol boatroll through sixty degrees.• Their lead over the patrol boat was down to two hundred yards.
Originpatrol1
(1600-1700)Frenchpatrouiller, from patte“animal's foot”
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PATROL | PATROL + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤routine日常巡邏▸➤special (BrE) 特別巡邏▸➤armed武裝巡邏▸➤foot步行巡邏◇Every police car and foot patrol in the area is on full alert.該地區每輛警車和每名步行的巡警都處於高度警戒狀態。➤mounted騎馬巡邏➤reconnaissance偵察巡邏▸➤dawn, night拂曉/夜間巡邏▸➤air, army, military, naval, police, security空中/軍事/海上/警察/安全巡邏▸➤enemy敵方巡邏➤border邊境巡邏▸➤coastal, harbour/harbor, maritime, shore海岸巡邏;港口巡邏;海上巡邏▸➤highway, traffic (BrE) 公路/交通巡邏◇The highway patrol has sealed off the area.公路巡警已經封鎖了該地區。◇helicopters used for traffic patrols用於交通巡邏的直升機➤safety (NAmE) (= to help children cross the street, etc.)安全巡邏VERB + PATROL➤carry out, conduct, fly, go on執行巡邏任務;作飛行巡邏;進行巡邏◇The Italians flew regular patrols over the desert.意大利當局定期在沙漠上空飛行巡邏。➤maintain保持巡邏◇They maintain a continuous patrol of the oceans with three submarines.他們派出 3 艘潛艇保持不間斷的海上巡邏。➤send out派遣巡邏隊◇They sent out four-man patrols to scout the area.他們派出由 4 人組成的巡邏隊去那一地區偵查。➤ambush, attack伏擊/攻擊巡邏◇One soldier was killed when his patrol was ambushed.一名士兵巡邏時遭到伏擊身亡。PATROL + NOUN➤aircraft, boat, car, craft, vehicle, vessel巡邏機;巡邏船;巡邏車;巡邏艇▸➤duty巡邏值班PREPOSITION➤on patrol巡邏◇police officers on patrol執行巡邏任務的警察