单词 | tent |
释义 | tent 1 (tĕnt) n. 1. A portable shelter made of fabric or other material stretched over a supporting framework of poles and usually stabilized or secured to the ground with cords and stakes. 2. Something resembling such a portable shelter in construction or outline: "her hair a dark tent, her face a thin triangle" (Anne Tyler). v. tent·ed, tent·ing, tents v.intr. To camp in a tent. v.tr. 1. To form a tent over. 2. To supply with or put up in tents. [Middle English, from Old French tente, from Vulgar Latin *tendita, from feminine past participle of Latin tendere, to stretch out; see ten- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] tent1top to bottom: A-frame, dome, and cabin tents |
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