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单词 laager
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Definition of laager in English:

laager

noun ˈlɑːɡəˈlɑɡər
  • 1South African historical An encampment formed by a circle of wagons.

    〈史〉(用大车围成的)营地(或帐篷群)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • His armies were infantry and dragoon based, using wagon laagers mounted with light cannons to protect against cavalry charges.
    • They had captured the Boer laagers and set their ammunition dump alight.
    • The trekkers then rounded up all the cattle in sight and returned triumphantly to their laagers.
    • Every morning my brother and I had our horses fetched from the grazing-ground and rode out to visit neighbouring camps and laagers, eager to see all that we could.
    • We could see the town of Colesberg (President Kruger's birthplace), and all the Boer laagers around it.
    Synonyms
    camp, military camp, bivouac, cantonment, barracks, base, station, post
  • 2An entrenched position or viewpoint that is defended against opponents.

    〈喻〉坚定(或顽固)的立场;根深蒂固的观点

    an educational laager, isolated from the outside world

    一种与外部世界隔离的保守教育观。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • So when there's talk of a fourth commercial TV network, as we have now, the wagons are turned, the laager is formed and the pre-emptive arrows fired in the general direction of the intruders.
    • The second notion emphasises the traits that split America into hostile ethnic laagers and deny its essential multiculturalism.
    • He has returned to the laager, and chosen to travel the conservative route.
    • Johannesburg is rapidly being surrounded by a laager of Eurotrash casinos.
    • What is instead being dangled in front of Ulster's Unionists is a retreat into the laager.
verb ˈlɑːɡəˈlɑɡər
[with object]South African historical
  • 1Form (vehicles) into a laager.

    〈史〉(用车辆)围成临时营地

    Van Rensburg's wagons were not laagered, but scattered about
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was simply impossible to observe, even though we laagered several vehicles to shield us from the wind.
    1. 1.1no object Make camp.
      扎营
      the troops crossed the river to laager for the night
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Chelmsford deliberately did not entrench or laager, determined to show that his troops could face Zulus in the open.
      • Here in the dark the squadron laagered and passed an uncomfortable night constantly on the alert in expectation of a German counter attack.
      • The commando laagered on the ridge, from which they ventured down the Opathe Gorge on 27 December 1838 to raid livestock.
      • The Mediterranean was sighted for the first time and we laagered on the edge of the Sinai desert.
      • But by dusk both Divisions had crossed, and laagered that night 2 miles north of the Amatikulu.

Origin

South African Dutch, from Dutch leger, lager 'camp'. Compare with lager, lair1, and leaguer2.

Rhymes

Aga, Braga, dagga, dargah, lager, naga, Onondaga, raga, saga

Definition of laager in US English:

laager

nounˈläɡərˈlɑɡər
  • 1South African historical A camp or encampment formed by a circle of wagons.

    〈史〉(用大车围成的)营地(或帐篷群)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We could see the town of Colesberg (President Kruger's birthplace), and all the Boer laagers around it.
    • His armies were infantry and dragoon based, using wagon laagers mounted with light cannons to protect against cavalry charges.
    • The trekkers then rounded up all the cattle in sight and returned triumphantly to their laagers.
    • They had captured the Boer laagers and set their ammunition dump alight.
    • Every morning my brother and I had our horses fetched from the grazing-ground and rode out to visit neighbouring camps and laagers, eager to see all that we could.
    Synonyms
    camp, military camp, bivouac, cantonment, barracks, base, station, post
  • 2An entrenched position or viewpoint that is defended against opponents.

    〈喻〉坚定(或顽固)的立场;根深蒂固的观点

    an educational laager, isolated from the outside world

    一种与外部世界隔离的保守教育观。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He has returned to the laager, and chosen to travel the conservative route.
    • Johannesburg is rapidly being surrounded by a laager of Eurotrash casinos.
    • The second notion emphasises the traits that split America into hostile ethnic laagers and deny its essential multiculturalism.
    • What is instead being dangled in front of Ulster's Unionists is a retreat into the laager.
    • So when there's talk of a fourth commercial TV network, as we have now, the wagons are turned, the laager is formed and the pre-emptive arrows fired in the general direction of the intruders.
verbˈläɡərˈlɑɡər
[with object]South African historical
  • 1Form (vehicles) into a laager.

    〈史〉(用车辆)围成临时营地

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was simply impossible to observe, even though we laagered several vehicles to shield us from the wind.
    1. 1.1no object Make camp.
      扎营
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Here in the dark the squadron laagered and passed an uncomfortable night constantly on the alert in expectation of a German counter attack.
      • The Mediterranean was sighted for the first time and we laagered on the edge of the Sinai desert.
      • But by dusk both Divisions had crossed, and laagered that night 2 miles north of the Amatikulu.
      • The commando laagered on the ridge, from which they ventured down the Opathe Gorge on 27 December 1838 to raid livestock.
      • Chelmsford deliberately did not entrench or laager, determined to show that his troops could face Zulus in the open.

Origin

South African Dutch, from Dutch leger, lager ‘camp’. Compare with lager, lair, and leaguer.

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