a large building or group of buildings for soldiers to live in 营房；兵营 an army barracks 一座兵营 The troops were ordered back to barracks. 士兵们被命令返回营房。 🔊🔊 The soldiers are searched before they are allowed to leave barracks. 士兵在获准离营前要接受搜身。 Troops are being withdrawn to barracks to avoid further clashes. 部队正在撤回兵营以避免引起更大冲突。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- army
- marine
- military
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- live in
- be confined to
- attack
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any large ugly building or buildings （一所或一群）简陋的大房子
Word Originlate 17th cent.: barrack from French baraque, from Italian baracca or Spanish barraca ‘soldier's tent’, of unknown origin.