tent

noun

/tent/

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单词	tent
释义	tent noun /tent/ /tent/ jump to other results enlarge image a shelter made of a large sheet of canvas, nylon, etc. that is supported by poles and ropes fixed to the ground, and is used especially for camping to put up/take down a tent to pitch (= put up) a tent Food will be served in the hospitality tent (= for example at an outdoor show). Everyone was sleeping outside in tents. see also beer tent, dome tent, frame tent, oxygen tent, pup tent, ridge tent, wall tent Extra Examples The refugees had been living in makeshift tents for a year. The reporters were waiting for the winners to come to the press tent. There was a long queue of troops outside the cookhouse tent. A tent city housing refugees from the war sprang up. Topics Holidaysb1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective camping A-frame dome … … of tents row verb + tent erect pitch put up … tent + verb blow down collapse blow away … tent + noun camp city door … preposition in a/the tent See full entry see also big tent Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French tente, based on Latin tent- ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere.
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