patrol
v
(-ll-) [I, Tn]
go round (a town, an area, etc) to check that all is secure and orderly or to look for wrongdoers, an enemy or people who need help 在(某城、 地带等)巡逻; 巡查
The army regularly patrol (along) the border. 军队按时沿边界巡逻.
Police patrol the streets at night. 警察晚间在街道上巡逻. patrol, n
1 action of patrolling 巡逻; 巡查
carry out a patrol 执行巡逻任务
The army make hourly patrols of the area. 军队在该地带每小时巡逻一次.
The navy are maintaining a 24-hour air and sea patrol, eg in order to find survivors from a ship that has sunk. 海军正在进行24小时海空巡逻(如寻找遇难船只上的幸存者).
2 person, group of people, vehicle, ship or aircraft that patrols an area 巡逻者; 巡逻队; 巡逻车; 巡逻艇; 巡逻机
a naval, army, police patrol 海军、 陆军、 警察的巡逻人员
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a police pa`trol car 警察巡逻车.
3 group of (usu) 6 members of a Scout troop or a Girl Guide company 童子军小队(通常为6人).
4 (idm 习语) on patrol patrolling a particular area 在巡逻中
Terrorists attacked two soldiers on patrol. 恐怖分子袭击了两名正在巡逻的士兵.
They had to work inside the ship, cutting away old metal, fixing new metal plates, drilling holes, laying electrical and phone wires and fixing new pipes for water and steam.
他们要在船舱里工作,切掉旧的金属,焊接新的金属板,钻孔,埋电线和电话线以及安装新的水管和蒸汽管。
Just now we all watched you sign to show that you had received the cheque.