| 单词 | cordon |
| 释义 | cordoncor·don1 /ˈkɔːdn $ ˈkɔːrdn/ noun [countableC] 1 PREVENTa line of police officers, soldiers, or vehicles that is put around an area to stop people going there 警戒线，封锁线 cordon of A cordon of police surrounded the building. 警察组成的警戒线包围了这幢大楼。 cordon around the security cordon around the capital 首都周围的安全警戒线 Examples from the Corpus cordon• There they were met by a cordon of police, standing in front of a barrier of police tenders.• Looking back, the precipitous shreds of sheeting rain effectively sanctioned a cordon between himself and what had gone before.• But on Dec. 25, Milosevic banned street demonstrations and deployed cordons of heavily armed riot police to block the parades.• F1 Prisca Yields four fruits to the pound; forms five trusses, then stops; ideal for small greenhouses, cordon.• Rock-throwing protesters broke through the police cordon.• The police reacted swiftly and a man who broke through their cordon was brought down by a rugby tackle and arrested. cordon2 verb 1 cordon something ↔ off phrasal verbphr v PREVENTto surround and protect an area with police officers, soldiers, or vehicles 设置警戒线围起 Police cordoned off the street where the murder took place. 警察在发生凶杀案的街上设置了警戒线。 Examples from the Corpus cordon off• Even if they do, they tend to cordon it off from other feminist issues. Examples from the Corpus cordon• Most of the building is closed off, under repair, with ropes cordoning off huge sections.• The authorities were taken aback, and took the unprecedented step of cordoning off the painting.• You had to chase him off from where you were cordoning off the slip. (1700-1800) cordon “strip of cloth or decorative cord” ((16-21 centuries)), from French, from corde; → CORD |
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