| 单词 | camp-fire |
| 释义 | > as lemmascamp-fire camp-fire n. a fire lit in a camp or encampment; hence a military social gathering in a garrison, etc.; spec. in U.S. a re-union of members of one or more clubs, ‘posts’, of the ‘Grand Army of the Republic’, a society of ex-volunteers. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > social event > social gathering > [noun] > military camp-fire1837 coffee shop1880 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > burning > a fire > [noun] > a kind of fire > outdoors, for warmth wildfirea1400 camp-fire1837 1837 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece IV. xxx. 121 Their campfires first announced their presence. 1871 Forbes Exper. War France & Germany 283 During peace time, there is a camp-fire—or gathering equivalent to it—once a week in every Prussian Regiment. 1884 Boston (Mass.) Jrnl. 6 Sept. Edwin-Humphrey Post, No. 104, G.A.R., of this town celebrated its fifteenth anniversary by a camp-fire Friday evening. < as lemmas |
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