单词	cordon
释义	cordon1 nouncordon2 verb cordoncor‧don1 /ˈkɔːdn $ ˈkɔːrdn/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcordon1 Origin: 1700-1800 cordon ‘strip of cloth or decorative cord’ (16-21 centuries), from French, from corde; ➔ CORD Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Rock-throwing protesters broke through the police cordon. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS But on Dec. 25, Milosevic banned street demonstrations and deployed cordons of heavily armed riot police to block the parades. F1 Prisca Yields four fruits to the pound; forms five trusses, then stops; ideal for small greenhouses, cordon. Looking back, the precipitous shreds of sheeting rain effectively sanctioned a cordon between himself and what had gone before. The police reacted swiftly and a man who broke through their cordon was brought down by a rugby tackle and arrested. There they were met by a cordon of police, standing in front of a barrier of police tenders. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► security cordon  the security cordon around the capital COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cordon bleu cookery (=in the style of traditional French cooking of a high standard)· She did a course in cordon bleu cookery. ► a police cordon (=a line of police officers who are preventing people going somewhere)· The demonstrators tried to break through a police cordon. a line of police officers, soldiers, or vehicles that is put around an area to stop people going therecordon of A cordon of police surrounded the building.cordon around the security cordon around the capital cordon1 nouncordon2 verb cordoncordon2 verb Verb Table VERB TABLE cordon Simple Form Present I, you, we, they cordon he, she, it cordons Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they cordoned Present perfect I, you, we, they have cordoned he, she, it has cordoned Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had cordoned Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will cordon Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have cordoned Continuous Form Present I am cordoning he, she, it is cordoning you, we, they are cordoning Past I, he, she, it was cordoning you, we, they were cordoning Present perfect I, you, we, they have been cordoning he, she, it has been cordoning Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been cordoning Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be cordoning Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been cordoning Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Most of the building is closed off, under repair, with ropes cordoning off huge sections. The authorities were taken aback, and took the unprecedented step of cordoning off the painting. You had to chase him off from where you were cordoning off the slip. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► cordon bleu cookery (=in the style of traditional French cooking of a high standard)· She did a course in cordon bleu cookery. ► a police cordon (=a line of police officers who are preventing people going somewhere)· The demonstrators tried to break through a police cordon. cordon something ↔ off phrasal verb to surround and protect an area with police officers, soldiers, or vehicles:  Police cordoned off the street where the murder took place.
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