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sentry box

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Military
ˈsentry box noun [countable]  PMa tall narrow shelter with an open front where a soldier stands while guarding a building 岗亭,哨所
Examples from the Corpus
sentry boxYet once behind the sentry box, guilt and failure lay stacked on the barrack square.The club entrance was dark; there was no guard in the sentry box, and the gate was open.The sentry box was burning on its side from the phosphorus grenade they'd posted into it.
ˈsentry box nounChineseSyllable
open with front a shelter Corpus narrow tall an


sentry box
ˈsentry box noun [countable]
a tall narrow shelter with an open front where a soldier stands while guarding a building


sentry boxBrE /ˈsentri bɒks/ 🔊NAmE /ˈsentri bɑːks/ 🔊 nouna small shelter for a sentry to stand in 岗亭;哨岗