camp
I.camp1 S3 W3 /kæmp/ BrE AmE noun [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: Latin campus 'field'] 1. IN THE MOUNTAINS/FOREST ETC [uncountable and countable] a place where people stay in tents, shelters etc for a short time, usually in the mountains, a forest etc: Let’s go back to camp – it’s getting dark. a camp near Lake Ellen Wilson The soldiers broke camp (=took down their tents etc) and left before dawn. pitch/make camp (=set up a tent or shelter) It was dark by the time we pitched camp. We set up camp (=made the camping place ready) at nearby Icicle Lake. The expedition’s base camp (=main camp) was 6,000 feet below the summit. mining/logging etc camp (=a camp where people stay when they are doing these kinds of jobs) 2. prison/labour/detention etc camp a place where people are kept for a particular reason, when they do not want to be there: a refugee camp just across the border ⇨ ↑concentration camp 3. FOR CHILDREN [uncountable and countable] a place where young people go to take part in activities, and where they usually stay for several days or weeks: The camp offers hiking, fishing, canoeing, and boating. scout camp Two years ago, she started a summer camp for girls aged eight and older. tennis/football etc camp (=a camp where you can do one particular activity) ⇨ ↑day camp, ↑holiday camp 4. GROUP OF PEOPLE [countable] a group of people or organizations who have the same ideas or principles, especially in politics: the extreme right-wing camp of the party At least Lynne is definitely in your camp (=supports you rather than someone else, and agrees with your ideas). ⇨ have a foot in both camps at ↑foot1(21) 5. MILITARY [countable] a permanent place where soldiers live or train: Donny is stationed at Camp Pendleton. • • • COLLOCATIONS verbs ▪ make/pitch camp (=put up your tents) We made camp in a clearing in the woods. ▪ set up camp (=put up your tents and arrange the camping place) The soldiers set up camp outside the city. ▪ break camp (=take down your tents ready to move to a new place) In the morning it was time to break camp. II.camp2 BrE AmE verb [intransitive] [Date: 1500-1600; Language: French; Origin: camper, from camp; ⇨ ↑camp1. camp up 1900-2000 From ⇨ ↑camp3] 1. to set up a tent or shelter and stay there for a short time: We’ll camp by the river for the night, and move on tomorrow. camping gear/equipment camping gear such as a sleeping bag, tent, and backpack 2. go camping to visit an area, especially the mountains or a forest, and stay in a tent: We went camping in the San Bernardino Mountains. camp out phrasal verb 1. to sleep outdoors, usually in a tent: What he liked best about scouting was camping out. 2. to stay somewhere where you do not have all the usual things that a house has: We’ll just have to camp out until our furniture arrives. camp something up phrasal verb informal camp it up to deliberately use unnatural body or face movements, in a way that some people think is typical of a ↑homosexual man III.camp3 BrE AmE adjective [Date: 1900-2000; Origin: Origin unknown] 1. a man who is camp moves or speaks in the way that people used to think was typical of ↑homosexuals 2. (also campy American English) clothes, decorations etc that are camp are very strange, bright, or unusual
camphu◎ | [kæmp] | ※ | danh từ | | ■ | nơi những người đi nghỉ ở tạm trong lều hoặc lán; trại; chỗ cắm trại | | ☆ | a holiday camp | | trại hè | | ☆ | to leave/return to camp | | rời/trở về trại | | ☆ | to pitch a camp near a hot spring | | cắm trại (dựng trại) gần một suối nước nóng | | ■ | trại dành cho tù nhân hoặc người tị nạn... | | ☆ | a prison camp | | trại giam | | ☆ | a concentration camp | | trại tập trung | | ☆ | a transit camp | | trại chuyển tiếp | | ■ | trại lính; doanh trại | | ☆ | an army camp | | doanh trại quân đội, trại lính | | ■ | (chính trị) phe; phái | | ☆ | to belong to different political camps | | thuộc các phái chính trị khác nhau | | ☆ | the socialist camp | | phe xã hội chủ nghĩa | | ☆ | in the same camp | | cùng một phe | | ■ | (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) lều nhỏ (trong rừng) | | 〆 | to carry the war into the enemy's camp | | ✓ | xem carry | | 〆 | to have a foot in both camps | | ✓ | xem foot | | 〆 | to strike camp | | ✓ | dỡ trại | ※ | động từ | | ■ | đóng trại; cắm trại; hạ trại | | ☆ | to go camping | | đi cắm trại |
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