encamp

verb
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[intransitive, transitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they encamp
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he / she / it encamps
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past simple encamped
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past participle encamped
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-ing form encamping
🔊/ɪnˈkæmpɪŋ/
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  1. if a group of people encamp or are encamped somewhere, they set up a camp or have set up a camp there(使)扎营,露营
    • We encamped for the night by the side of a river.我们在河边露营了一夜。
    • The royalist army was encamped outside London.保皇党军队在伦敦郊外扎营。
    Word Originmid 16th cent. (formerly also as incamp): from en-, in- ‘in, within’ + camp.