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单词 barrack
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barrack1

verb ˈbarəkˈbɛrək
[with object]
  • Provide (soldiers) with accommodation in a building or set of buildings.

    the granary in which the platoons were barracked
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Does anyone know where the Police Battalions were barracked in Krakow?
    • Forces were barracked there until well after the end of WWII.
    • When not at war, the Macedonian army was barracked at state expense and underwent sophisticated training while in quarters.
    • They were barracked in a new section of the camp where the living conditions were awful; most died shortly after arrival.
    • The news of conditions at Scutari, where the ill and wounded soldiers were barracked, was considered scandalous back home in London.
    • The fort supported a complement of 900 officers and men, who were barracked in the Caserne Pellegrin at the base of the fort and in the Fort Moyenne.
    • While the troops were barracked in the Griffin House, two Confederate deserters dressed in stolen Union uniforms had been caught looting homes.
    • Troops defending the English colonies against the French were barracked in Fredericktown.
    • Still, there were over a dozen of them barracked in the new guardhouse at the gate to the estate.
    • As we walked back to the keep where the Greens were barracked, the two Sathe carried on a spirited conversation, recalling old battles where defenders were in similar conditions.
    • And in 1799, when Tipu was defeated, the mosquitoes drove the British out of Srirangapatna and they barracked in Bangalore Cantonment.
    • At Dartmouth, 272 men in an Army training detachment were barracked in the gymnasium.
    • The authorities in a small Czech town put on a dance so that the soldiers barracked there can mingle with the local girls.

Origin

Early 18th century: from barracks.

Rhymes

arrack, Baruch, carrack

barrack2

verb ˈbarəkˈbɛrək
  • 1British with object Jeer loudly at (someone performing or speaking in public) in order to express disapproval or to distract them.

    opponents barracked him when he addressed the opening parliamentary session
    the disgraceful barracking that came from the mob
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The audience was barracking them good naturedly.
    • The sappers were the first to seize the initiative after the break, with Lt Craig Bury burrowing over the first try, much to the delight of the engineers barracking from the sideline.
    • When the crowd barracked him and he told them to shut up, the umpire, Bruno Rebeuh, issued a code violation, which really got Tarango going.
    • They will certainly enjoy some respite from the negative headlines which have been barracking them in recent weeks, which maybe renders the result palatable for all.
    • Luckily, this was on CNN, where someone to the left of Augusto Pinochet can still speak without being barracked or cut short.
    • Chairman Peter Ridsdale was barracked by a large number of fans during the home defeat against Middlesbrough last weekend.
    • During the heated debate, the Mayor Roger Clarke as Chair, struggled to maintain order amid barracking from the public galleries.
    • But if the home support, who took great delight in barracking their Palace counterparts before turning their ire on their own players, expected a rout, they were to be sorely disappointed.
    • Gerry Brownlee was giving a point of order; Michael Cullen stood up and barracked him from his seat.
    • County council members approved a 4.7% increase, having been barracked outside The Castle on Wednesday by around 50 protesters demanding lower bills.
    • The Somsri Pata team defeated the Formgate team, 2-0 prior to the opening ceremonies as cheerleaders and spectators barracked their favorites.
    • Chorley boss Mark Molyneaux has launched a scathing attack on a ‘minority’ of supporters he feels are unfairly barracking his players.
    • They would - quite rightly - be barracked and harangued.
    • Tony Blair was barracked by a furious Sharron Storer and looked decidedly uneasy, Jack Straw was slow-clapped by the police federation and Little Willy Hague had to find refuge in his car.
    • If fans barracked black players, they would lose those players.
    • Despite the fact that Hart was not even at the racecourse, his horse was barracked and jeered in scenes that came within a whisker of descending into violence.
    • The other prisoners started barracking the Minister, only for Mr Kelly to stand up and tell them all to ‘shut up and let the Minister speak’.
    • We have been barracked by a young lady, incensed at our limited, heterosexual outlook.
    • Furious locals barracked speakers, voicing fears that a proposed 34-bed homeless centre at the former Shipton Street School would lead to more crime and lower house prices.
    • Full-back Roberto Carlos was probably the happiest of their players to get all three points because he was barracked by spectators in the Bernabeu throughout the game.
    Synonyms
    jeer, heckle, taunt, abuse, shout at/down, boo, hiss, interrupt
  • 2barrack forAustralian NZ no object Give support and encouragement to.

    I take it you'll be barracking for Labour tonight?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Having spent far too much time in front of the telly barracking for Australia and its allies in Iraq, the Professor missed Geoffrey Blainey's review in the New Criterion.
    • In 1999 Speight, then Chairman of the newly-formed Fiji Hardwood Corporation, was barracking for a United States company to win the government tender for a stake in the mahogany plantations.
    • He grew up barracking for East Perth and now supports Fremantle.
    • I think he barracks for those awful Fremantle Dockers.
    • Of course, being a Liberal supporter, I should really be barracking for Latahm to remain.
    • These are the people who will actually be barracking for Collingwood to win this weekend, but only so they can watch them suffer the agony of losing the Grand Final the week after.
    • Lions CEO Michael Bowers says the club is all about teamwork, and that he'll be barracking for both a Lions flag and better staff health in 2002.
    • You can't seriously expect a Melbourne man to forget who he barracks for just because he happens to be on TV and radio.
    • The fact Patrick Smith barracks for Essington has nothing at all to do with this post.
    • And, you know, call me wrong, but remember I'm only a third of the way through, however I really like John West and find myself barracking for him against the evil O'Flaherty.
    • The Prime Minister supports voluntary voting, but says the Government won't be barracking for change.
    • Not far from Rob Tanner's place at a local oval, was a good crowd of mums and dads barracking for their kids in the Under 10's cricket game between teams from Glenmore Park and Penrith.
    • Surely you can see that the anti-intellectual strain in this country reduces ‘debate’ to silly barracking for one party line or the other.
    • And for the first time since '97, I found myself barracking for the Sainters: once again in vain.
    • Students at Lismore Heights Public School will be barracking for Australian Olympic shot put hopeful Justin Anlezark throughout the Athens Olympics as part of the Telstra Adopt-A-Hero initiative.
    • And I found out that Robert Manne barracks for the Cats too.
    • Next year I'll be barracking for the obscure team known as ‘the Sandringham Zebras’ whose existence I have only become aware of in recent days.
    • I am absolutely appalled at your barracking for England tomorrow night in the World Cup Final (Wallabies vs England).
    • Democrats Senator Brian Greig who has himself been in a long-term same sex relationship has been barracking for equal rights on superannuation for some time.
    • For once, Melbourners will be setting aside their usual practice of barracking for whatever team Collingwood is playing against.

Origin

Late 19th century: probably from Northern Irish dialect.

 
 

barrack1

verbˈbɛrəkˈberək
[with object]
  • Provide (soldiers) with accommodations in a building or set of buildings.

    the granary in which the platoons were barracked
    Example sentencesExamples
    • At Dartmouth, 272 men in an Army training detachment were barracked in the gymnasium.
    • The authorities in a small Czech town put on a dance so that the soldiers barracked there can mingle with the local girls.
    • Still, there were over a dozen of them barracked in the new guardhouse at the gate to the estate.
    • And in 1799, when Tipu was defeated, the mosquitoes drove the British out of Srirangapatna and they barracked in Bangalore Cantonment.
    • Does anyone know where the Police Battalions were barracked in Krakow?
    • Forces were barracked there until well after the end of WWII.
    • As we walked back to the keep where the Greens were barracked, the two Sathe carried on a spirited conversation, recalling old battles where defenders were in similar conditions.
    • While the troops were barracked in the Griffin House, two Confederate deserters dressed in stolen Union uniforms had been caught looting homes.
    • The fort supported a complement of 900 officers and men, who were barracked in the Caserne Pellegrin at the base of the fort and in the Fort Moyenne.
    • When not at war, the Macedonian army was barracked at state expense and underwent sophisticated training while in quarters.
    • The news of conditions at Scutari, where the ill and wounded soldiers were barracked, was considered scandalous back home in London.
    • Troops defending the English colonies against the French were barracked in Fredericktown.
    • They were barracked in a new section of the camp where the living conditions were awful; most died shortly after arrival.

Origin

Early 18th century: from barracks.

barrack2

verbˈbɛrəkˈberək
  • 1British with object Jeer loudly at (someone performing or speaking in public) in order to express disapproval or to distract them.

    opponents barracked him when he addressed the opening parliamentary session
    the disgraceful barracking that came from the mob
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Despite the fact that Hart was not even at the racecourse, his horse was barracked and jeered in scenes that came within a whisker of descending into violence.
    • Gerry Brownlee was giving a point of order; Michael Cullen stood up and barracked him from his seat.
    • Chorley boss Mark Molyneaux has launched a scathing attack on a ‘minority’ of supporters he feels are unfairly barracking his players.
    • Full-back Roberto Carlos was probably the happiest of their players to get all three points because he was barracked by spectators in the Bernabeu throughout the game.
    • During the heated debate, the Mayor Roger Clarke as Chair, struggled to maintain order amid barracking from the public galleries.
    • They will certainly enjoy some respite from the negative headlines which have been barracking them in recent weeks, which maybe renders the result palatable for all.
    • The other prisoners started barracking the Minister, only for Mr Kelly to stand up and tell them all to ‘shut up and let the Minister speak’.
    • County council members approved a 4.7% increase, having been barracked outside The Castle on Wednesday by around 50 protesters demanding lower bills.
    • Tony Blair was barracked by a furious Sharron Storer and looked decidedly uneasy, Jack Straw was slow-clapped by the police federation and Little Willy Hague had to find refuge in his car.
    • The sappers were the first to seize the initiative after the break, with Lt Craig Bury burrowing over the first try, much to the delight of the engineers barracking from the sideline.
    • When the crowd barracked him and he told them to shut up, the umpire, Bruno Rebeuh, issued a code violation, which really got Tarango going.
    • If fans barracked black players, they would lose those players.
    • Luckily, this was on CNN, where someone to the left of Augusto Pinochet can still speak without being barracked or cut short.
    • They would - quite rightly - be barracked and harangued.
    • The audience was barracking them good naturedly.
    • Chairman Peter Ridsdale was barracked by a large number of fans during the home defeat against Middlesbrough last weekend.
    • But if the home support, who took great delight in barracking their Palace counterparts before turning their ire on their own players, expected a rout, they were to be sorely disappointed.
    • Furious locals barracked speakers, voicing fears that a proposed 34-bed homeless centre at the former Shipton Street School would lead to more crime and lower house prices.
    • We have been barracked by a young lady, incensed at our limited, heterosexual outlook.
    • The Somsri Pata team defeated the Formgate team, 2-0 prior to the opening ceremonies as cheerleaders and spectators barracked their favorites.
    Synonyms
    jeer, heckle, taunt, abuse, shout at, shout down, boo, hiss, interrupt
  • 2barrack forAustralian NZ no object Give support and encouragement to.

    I take it you'll be barracking for Labour tonight?
    Example sentencesExamples
    • These are the people who will actually be barracking for Collingwood to win this weekend, but only so they can watch them suffer the agony of losing the Grand Final the week after.
    • Of course, being a Liberal supporter, I should really be barracking for Latahm to remain.
    • And, you know, call me wrong, but remember I'm only a third of the way through, however I really like John West and find myself barracking for him against the evil O'Flaherty.
    • Lions CEO Michael Bowers says the club is all about teamwork, and that he'll be barracking for both a Lions flag and better staff health in 2002.
    • For once, Melbourners will be setting aside their usual practice of barracking for whatever team Collingwood is playing against.
    • The Prime Minister supports voluntary voting, but says the Government won't be barracking for change.
    • Surely you can see that the anti-intellectual strain in this country reduces ‘debate’ to silly barracking for one party line or the other.
    • Having spent far too much time in front of the telly barracking for Australia and its allies in Iraq, the Professor missed Geoffrey Blainey's review in the New Criterion.
    • Next year I'll be barracking for the obscure team known as ‘the Sandringham Zebras’ whose existence I have only become aware of in recent days.
    • Democrats Senator Brian Greig who has himself been in a long-term same sex relationship has been barracking for equal rights on superannuation for some time.
    • Students at Lismore Heights Public School will be barracking for Australian Olympic shot put hopeful Justin Anlezark throughout the Athens Olympics as part of the Telstra Adopt-A-Hero initiative.
    • Not far from Rob Tanner's place at a local oval, was a good crowd of mums and dads barracking for their kids in the Under 10's cricket game between teams from Glenmore Park and Penrith.
    • You can't seriously expect a Melbourne man to forget who he barracks for just because he happens to be on TV and radio.
    • I think he barracks for those awful Fremantle Dockers.
    • And I found out that Robert Manne barracks for the Cats too.
    • In 1999 Speight, then Chairman of the newly-formed Fiji Hardwood Corporation, was barracking for a United States company to win the government tender for a stake in the mahogany plantations.
    • The fact Patrick Smith barracks for Essington has nothing at all to do with this post.
    • And for the first time since '97, I found myself barracking for the Sainters: once again in vain.
    • He grew up barracking for East Perth and now supports Fremantle.
    • I am absolutely appalled at your barracking for England tomorrow night in the World Cup Final (Wallabies vs England).

Origin

Late 19th century (originally in Australian use): probably from Northern Irish dialect.

 
 
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