单词 | barrack |
释义 | bar·rack 1 ![]() tr.v. bar·racked, bar·rack·ing, bar·racks To house (soldiers, for example) in quarters. n. often barracks 1. A building or group of buildings used to house military personnel. 2. A large, unadorned building used for temporary occupancy. [From French baraque, hut made of planks, barrack, from Middle French barraque, ultimately (via Old Provençal baraca and Old Spanish barraca) from Catalan barraca, hut, perhaps partly from a source akin to Spanish varga, thatched hut (of unknown origin) and partly from medieval Andalusian Arabic *barrāka, perhaps meaning "hut for resting beasts of burden" (from Arabic barraka, to make (a camel) kneel; akin to Akkadian birku and Hebrew berek, knee).] |
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