英语词汇“patrol”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

verb | noun

patrolpatrol1 /pəˈtroʊl/ ●●○ verb (patrolled, patrolling) [intransitive always + adv./prep., transitive]

ETYMOLOGYpatrol¹

Origin: 1600-1700 French patrouiller, from patte animal’s foot

VERB TABLE

patrol

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	patrol
	he, she, it	patrols
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	patrolled
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have patrolled
	he, she, it	has patrolled
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had patrolled
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will patrol
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have patrolled

Continuous Form
Present	I	am patrolling
	he, she, it	is patrolling
	you, we, they	are patrolling
Past	I, he, she, it	was patrolling
	you, we, they	were patrolling
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been patrolling
	he, she, it	has been patrolling
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been patrolling
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be patrolling
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been patrolling

1to go around the different parts of an area or building at regular times to check that there is no trouble or danger: Guards patrolled the hotel.2to drive or walk again and again around an area in a threatening way: Gangs of young men patrolled the street at night. [Origin: 1600–1700 French patrouiller, from patte animal’s foot]

verb | noun

patrolpatrol2 ●●○ noun

COLLOCATIONS► on patrol

Navy ships on patrol in the Atlantic

► patrol boat/car/helicopter etc.

(=used by the military or police)

1[countable, uncountable] the act of going around different parts of an area at regular times to check that there is no trouble or danger: Police have increased patrols in some neighborhoods. Navy ships on patrol in the Atlantic2[countable] a group of police, soldiers, airplanes, etc. sent to patrol a particular area: the U.S. border patrolpatrol boat/car/helicopter etc. (=used by the military or police)3[countable] a small group of boy scouts → see also highway patrol