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

单词	outpost
释义	outpost I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun Etymology: out (III) + post 1. a. : a security detachment thrown out at some distance from a main body of troops at a halt, in bivouac, or in battle position, to protect it from observation or surprise by the enemy b. : the post or station of such detachment c. : a military base established by treaty or agreement in another country < an important United States military outpost in the Far East — Americana Annual > 2. a. : an outlying settlement < a last-chance outpost at the beginning of the swamp country — B.H.Scott > b. : the most advanced position or outermost limit of something : frontier < at the last outpost of the mind — Times Literary Supplement > < the last outpost of our knowledge of the evolution of man as such — R.W.Murray > < the highest outpost of the trees — G.R.Stewart > c. : an outlying branch or position of a main organization or group < four Eastern networks, each with an outpost on the West coast — Time > 3. : an oil or gas well near the boundary of an adjoining oil or gas field II. transitive verb : to guard or place under observation by an outpost detachment < outpost the road > < outpost the farmhouse >
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