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garrison

noun
🔊/ˈɡærɪsn/
🔊/ˈɡærɪsn/
[countable + singular or plural verb]
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  1. a group of soldiers living in a town or fort to defend it; the buildings these soldiers live in卫戍部队；守备部队；卫戍区；驻防地
    • a garrison of 5 000 troops有 5 000 士兵驻守的防地
    • The regiment was assigned to garrison duty in the north of the country.该团被派往该国北部驻军。
    • a garrison town有驻防的城镇
    • Half the garrison is/are on duty.卫戍部队有半数人在执勤。
    • Recognizing the importance of the area, they built a garrison and fortified the town.认识到该地区的重要性后，他们建立了驻军并设了镇。
    Topics War and conflictc2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryGarrison is used before these nouns:
    • troops
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    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘safety, means of protection’): from Old French garison, from garir ‘defend, provide’, of Germanic origin.

garrison

verb
🔊/ˈɡærɪsn/
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Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they garrison
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he / she / it garrisons
🔊/ˈɡærɪsnz/
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past simple garrisoned
🔊/ˈɡærɪsnd/
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past participle garrisoned
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-ing form garrisoning
🔊/ˈɡærɪsnɪŋ/
🔊/ˈɡærɪsnɪŋ/
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  1. to put soldiers in a place in order to defend it from attack驻防；派（兵）驻守
    • garrison something Two regiments were sent to garrison the town.派了两个团驻守在那个城镇。🔊🔊
    • garrison somebody + adv./prep. 100 soldiers were garrisoned in the town.派了 100 名士兵在城里驻防。
    Topics War and conflictc2
    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘safety, means of protection’): from Old French garison, from garir ‘defend, provide’, of Germanic origin.