英语词汇“sentry、box”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

sentry-box

释义

sentry-box
[f. sentry n.¹ + box n.² 13.]
A small wooden structure in which a sentry may stand at his post in bad weather.
[1716Gay Trivia ii. 176 The thoughtless Wits..Who 'gainst the Centry's Box discharge their Tea.]1728Chambers Cycl., Centry Box, a wooden Cell, or Lodge, made to shelter the Centry..from the Injuries of the Weather.1753Hanway Trav. (1762) I. ii. xv. 65 Sentry boxes are placed at certain distances.1827Syd. Smith Cath. Quest. Wks. 1859 II. 127/1 What is really possessed of a country so subdued? four or five yards round a sentry-box, and no more.1877Field Exerc. Infantry 372 On the approach of the relief, a Sentry will place himself in front of his Sentry-box.

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