camp
Từ điển Collocation
camp noun
1 in tents/huts
ADJ. makeshift, temporary | holiday, summer | base The mountaineers set up their base camp at the foot of the mountain. | transit | gypsy, travellers' | army, military | training
VERB + CAMP make, pitch, set up We pitched camp just outside the woods. | break, strike We broke camp early the next morning. | leave
CAMP + NOUN fire (also campfire) sitting round the campfire | site (also campsite)
PREP. at a/the ~ The children are spending a week at a summer camp.
2 prison, etc.
ADJ. concentration, detention, internment, labour, prison, prisoner-of-war | death, extermination | refugee the appalling conditions in the refugee camps
PREP. in a/the ~ She spent five years in a labour camp.
3 group with shared beliefs
ADJ. hostile, opposing, rebel, rival | ideological, political | armed The region split into two armed camps.
VERB + CAMP switch a politician who switches camp when it suits him | divide into, split into
PREP. in a/the ~ people in both main political camps
PHRASES have a foot in both camps (= show loyalty to two different groups) He can unite the party because he has a foot in both camps.
Từ điển WordNet
n.
- temporary living quarters specially built by the army for soldiers; encampment, cantonment, bivouac
wherever he went in the camp the men were grumbling
- a group of people living together in a camp
the whole camp laughed at his mistake
- temporary lodgings in the country for travelers or vacationers
level ground is best for parking and camp areas
- an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose; clique, coterie, ingroup, inner circle, pack
- a prison for forced laborers
China has many work camps for political prisoners
- something that is considered amusing not because of its originality but because of its unoriginality
the living room was pure camp
- shelter for persons displaced by war or political oppression or for religious beliefs; refugee camp
- a site where care and activities are provided for children during the summer months; summer camp
city kids get to see the country at a summer camp
v.
- live in or as if in a tent; encamp, camp out, bivouac, tent
Can we go camping again this summer?
The circus tented near the town
The houseguests had to camp in the living room
- establish or set up a camp; camp down
- give an artificially banal or sexual quality to
English Slang Dictionary
an effeminate style and mannerism affected mainly by gays, however anyone can camp it up. See camp as a row of tents.
File Extension Dictionary
Windows Color System Color Appearance Model Profile (CAMP) (Microsoft Corporation)
English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary
camps|camped|camping
syn.: bivouac camp down camp out campy cantonment clique coterie encamp encampment ingroup inner circle pack refugee camp summer camp tent
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