a shelter made of a large sheet of canvas, nylon, etc. that is supported by poles and ropes fixed to the ground, and is used especially for camping帐篷；帐棚- to put up/take down a tent搭帐篷；拆帐篷
- to pitch (= put up) a tent搭帐篷
- Food will be served in the hospitality tent (= for example at an outdoor show).招待帐篷里会有食物供应。🔊🔊
- Everyone was sleeping outside in tents.每个人都在帐篷外面睡觉。
see also beer tent, dome tent, frame tent, oxygen tent, pup tent, ridge tent, wall tentExtra Examples- The refugees had been living in makeshift tents for a year.难民们已经在临时帐篷里住了一年了。
- The reporters were waiting for the winners to come to the press tent.记者们在等待获奖者来到新闻帐篷。
- There was a long queue of troops outside the cookhouse tent.厨房帐篷的外面排起了长长的队伍。
- A tent city housing refugees from the war sprang up.一个帐篷城市容纳了战争中的难民。
Topics Holidaysb1Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective… of tentsverb + tenttent + verb- blow down
- collapse
- blow away
- …
tent + nounprepositionSee full entry see also big tentWord OriginMiddle English: from Old French tente, based on Latin tent- ‘stretched’, from the verb tendere.
