depot
/ˈdepəʊ/noun
1- a place for the storage of large quantities of equipment, food, or some other commodity库房, 仓库:
an arms depot.
武器库。
1.1
- a place where buses, trains, or other vehicles are housed and maintained and from which they are dispatched for service(汽车、火车等的)维修厂, 车辆维修厂。
1.2
- N. Amer. a railway or bus station〈北美〉火车站; 公共汽车站。
1.3
- the headquarters of a regiment; a place where recruits or other troops are assembled(军队中的)团指挥部, 团部; 兵站。
词源
late 18th cent. (in the sense 'act of depositing'): from French dépôt, from Latin depositum 'something deposited' (see DEPOSIT).