| 释义 |
ˈout-ˌsentry
[out- 2.]
A sentry placed at a distance in advance; an outpost.
1691Proceedings agst. Fr. in Select. Harleian Misc. (1793) 479 Having given orders to the out-centries that were placed towards the fort, to fire, without challenging, at any who should come that way. a1773Ld. Chesterfield in Deb. Ho. Lords V. 522 (Jod.) The stage, my lord, and the press are two of our outsentries. 1886Stevenson Kidnapped 220 We're just to bide here with these, which are his out-sentries, till they can get word to the chief of my arrival. |