| 单词 | to tent it |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto tent it a. intransitive. To abide or live in a tent; to encamp; spec. of travelling circus folk. Also to tent it. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > camping or encamping > camp or encamp [verb (intransitive)] wickc897 lodge13.. telda1325 pitch1535 camp1611 to set downa1616 decamp1698 encamp1725 to camp out1748 outspan1801 tent1856 laager1879 tarpaulin1891 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. I. xxvii. 357 We will be gone for some days probably, tenting it in the open air. 1867 M. E. Herbert Cradle Lands 154 Our travellers tented on a small level sward just outside the Convent-gates. 1875 T. Frost Circus Life xvii. 292 During the summer months they ‘tented’, and in the winter erected temporary wooden buildings in populous towns. 1881 E. H. Hunt Children at Jerusalem 189 Do you think we shall ever go tenting again, mother? 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 703/2 The river crew is tenting out and clearing the stream. 1931 S. McKechnie Pop. Entertainments viii. 209 The circus..was purchased by Frederick and Edward, who tented in the summer and spent the winter in..towns. 1952 N. Streatfeild Aunt Clara 111 They had been tenting with their mother. < as lemmas |
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