tent• In her wintercoat she appeared to be little more than a centralpole with a tentdraped from her shoulders.• Tackle boxes and tents are being tossed into car trunks.• This was finecompared to the moldytents and dirt floors at tent city.• So stick to your own tent if you want a snog.• As we erected the tentTony became wistful again.• Resler and I were alone in our corner of the tent.• That night, in their tents, they nearly died of cold.• We made camp about 5 p. m. each night, using tents and gear provided by Amr and our own sleeping bags.
pitch ... tent• After pitching their tents, the travellers held a rave party that went on for 3 days and nights.• We trailed off into the canyons, and pitched tents under the conifers.• If he keeps blossoming at this rate, too, basketballcoaches soon will be pitching tents in his yard.• In which wilderness have they pitched their tents?• That was how Master Yehudi came to pitch his tent in Kansas.• It was late by the time we had finishedchatting and they cycled off to find somewhere to pitch their tent.• Joel arrived in time to pitch my tent.• Troops could scarcely find dry ground on which to pitch their tents.
Origintent
(1200-1300)Old Frenchtente, from Latintenta, from the past participle of tendere; → TEND
ADJECTIVE | ... OF TENTS | VERB + TENT | TENT + VERB | TENT + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤camping (NAmE) 野營帳篷➤A-frame, dome, frame, pup, ridge, wall (NAmE) * A 字形帳篷;圓頂帳篷;框架式帳篷;楔形雙人帳篷;脊式帳篷;方帳篷▸➤three-person, two-person, etc.三人、雙人等帳篷▸➤makeshift臨時帳篷◇The refugees had been living in makeshift tents for a year.難民們已經在臨時帳篷裏住了一年了。➤leaky有漏洞的帳篷➤flimsy不結實的帳篷▸➤canvas帆布帳篷▸➤circus馬戲團帳篷▸➤beer, dining, food, hospitality, mess, refreshment, tea (BrE) 啤酒/用餐/食品/貴賓/軍用炊事/小吃/茶點帳篷▸➤cook, cooking (both especially NAmE) 廚房/炊事帳篷◇Our team had erected a cook tent at the campsite.我們組已在營地搭起一個帳篷廚房。➤press, VIP媒體/貴賓帳篷◇The reporters were waiting for Tiger Woods to come to the press tent.記者們在等待老虎伍茲來媒體帳篷。➤hospital醫院帳篷▸➤oxygen氧幕;氧氣帳... OF TENTS➤row一排帳篷VERB + TENT➤erect, pitch, put up, set up搭建帳篷;支起帳篷◇They pitched their tent in a little clearing in the woods.他們在樹林裏一小塊空地上支起了帳篷。➤unzip, zip up拉開/拉上帳篷▸➤take down拆掉帳篷▸➤pack, pack up收起帳篷▸➤fold, fold up摺叠起帳篷▸➤share共用帳篷TENT + VERB➤blow down, collapse帳篷被刮倒/倒塌▸➤blow away帳篷被刮走TENT + NOUN➤camp, city帳篷營地;帳篷區◇a tent city housing refugees from the war收容戰爭難民的一個帳篷區➤door, flap, peg, pole, rope, wall帳篷門;帳篷簾;支篷栓;營帳柱;帳篷繩;帳篷牆面PREPOSITION➤in a/the tent在帳篷裏