en·camp

verb

/ɪnˈkæmp/

[intransitive, transitive] (formal)

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they encamp	/ɪnˈkæmp/ /ɪnˈkæmp/
he / she / it encamps	/ɪnˈkæmps/ /ɪnˈkæmps/
past simple encamped	/ɪnˈkæmpt/ /ɪnˈkæmpt/
past participle encamped	/ɪnˈkæmpt/ /ɪnˈkæmpt/
-ing form encamping	/ɪnˈkæmpɪŋ/ /ɪnˈkæmpɪŋ/

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.