patrol

 Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++pa·trol1 /pəˈtrəʊl $ -ˈtroʊl/ ●○○ verb (patrolled, patrolling) [transitive]  1  PROTECTto go around the different parts of an area or building at regular times to check that there is no trouble or danger 巡逻，巡查 Armed guards patrolled the grounds. 武装卫兵巡逻场地。 an area patrolled by special police units 由特警部队巡逻的地区2  THREATENto drive or walk around an area in a threatening way 气势汹汹地在〔某地带〕驾车游荡[走来走去] Gangs of youths patrolled the streets at night. 晚上一帮帮年轻人在街上气势汹汹地游荡。→ See Verb table

Examples from the Corpus

patrol• He had pulled a hamstring during his warm-up and had done well to patrol as relentlessly as he did for an hour.• He must patrol by night and walk by day.• Brook had been wounded while patrolling on the border.• Brown received much heat for his proposal last month that gang members patrol the 14 Mission line.• Guards with AK47 assault rifles patrol the camp perimeter but there is no need to keep people in.• Riot police patrolled the hotel.• No day went by that did not see Red Hill patrolling the river.• Striking workers armed with steel pipes patrolled the shipyard.• Air raid wardens patrolled the streets to make sure no lights were showing in houses.• Mr Smyth argued that it would place officers in the uncomfortable position of patrolling with colleagues they had once arrested.

Related topics: Military, Police

patrol2 ●○○ noun  1  [countable, uncountable]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. 安全部队加强了对该地区的巡逻。2  [countable]PMSCP a group of police, soldiers, vehicles, planes etc sent out to search a particular area 巡警队；巡逻车队；巡逻机队 a US border patrol 美国边防巡逻队patrol boat/car (=used by the army or police) 〔军队或警方用的〕巡逻艇/巡逻车3. [countable]DL a small group of boy scouts or Guides 童子军小队 → highway patrol

Examples from the Corpus

patrol• From here I watch a patrol of pelicans skim the ocean surface while waves crash against the rocks.• Detecting suspicious activity in the community is where the bike patrol agents come in handy.• the US border patrol• Their pickets were posted too close to camp, and no cavalry patrols were out.• Police have increased patrols in some neighborhoods.• Night patrols were introduced in many districts, and some cattle thieves were caught transporting stolen animals.• They were forced to beat a hasty retreat and arrived at their rendezvous with Morris's patrol on time.• Then further enemy aircraft arrived and bombed and strafed the patrol for several hours.• On the way we met two patrols with machine guns and my escort had to give what I thought was a password.on patrol• Warships on patrol in the Red Sea spotted two enemy jets.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 boat roll through sixty degrees.• Their lead over the patrol boat was down to two hundred yards.Origin patrol1 (1600-1700) French patrouiller, from patte “animal's foot”

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patrol

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pa‧trol¹ /pəˈtrəʊl $ -ˈtroʊl/ verb (past tense and past participle patrolled, present participle patrolling) [transitive]1. to go around the different parts of an area or building at regular times to check that there is no trouble or danger:
    Armed guards patrolled the grounds.
    an area patrolled by special police units
2. to drive or walk around an area in a threatening way:
    Gangs of youths patrolled the streets at night.

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patrol² noun
1. [uncountable and countable] when someone goes around different parts of an area at regular times to check that there is no trouble or danger
    on patrol
    police on patrol in the city centre
    The security forces increased their patrols in the area.
2. [countable] a group of police, soldiers, vehicles, planes etc sent out to search a particular area:
    a US border patrol
    patrol boat/car (=used by the army or police)
3. [countable] a small group of Boy Scouts or guides
⇨ highway patrol