| 单词 | pup tent |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspup tent pup tent n. originally U.S. Military a small tent or bivouac, a dog-tent; spec. a shelter tent comprising two shelter halves (see shelter half n. at shelter n. Compounds 2) carried separately. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > a dwelling > tent > [noun] > other types of tent tenticle1548 pal1656 marquee1690 gourbi1738 marquise1749 yurt1780 bell-tent1785 kibitka1799 shuldari1808 fly-tent1816 Swiss cottage1820 skin house1826 big tent1843 ridge tent1846 brush tent1862 dog tent1862 shelter tent1862 wall-tent1862 wedge tent1862 pup tent1863 A tent1863 tupik1864 tentlet1879 choom1889 pyramid1889 tortoise tent1890 safari tent1926 tent-sack1940 tent-trailer1963 tepee1970 trailer tent1971 Whillans box1971 1863 J. Adams Diary 14 Sept. in Ohio Archaeol. & Hist. Q. (1929) 36 651 About 10 a.m. we..pitched our pup-tents. 1917 Collier's 21 Apr. 13 When a halt is reached, each pair of men set up their tent poles, stretch the line as a ridge, tie their canvas sheets together, and peg them down as a cover. The result is familiarly called a ‘pup’ tent. 1930 F. A. Pottle Stretchers 49 I suppose everyone has seen a ‘pup tent’ at some time or other, but he may not have realized that in the army it is shelter for two men. 2005 Variety 12 Sept. 63/3 One of them is supposed to spend nights in a distant pup tent to protect the sheep from predators. < as lemmas |
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