名词 · 1
词源
源自法語 patrouille，源自古法語 patrouille、patouille (“守夜”，字面意思是“四处走”)，源自patrouiller、patouiller、patoiller (“蹚水；弄脏”)，源自patte、pate (“蹄”)，源自通俗拉丁語 *patta (“爪，脚”)，源自古法蘭克語 *patta (“爪子，脚底”)，源自原始日耳曼語 *paþjaną、*paþōną (“走，踏”)，可能源自原始印歐語 *(s)pent-、*(s)pat- (“径；走”)，原始印歐語 *pent-、*pat- (“径；走”)的变体。见find。同源词包括荷蘭語 pad、patte (“爪”)、低地德語 pedden (“走，踏”)、德語 patschen (“泼溅，蹚水；摇晃着走”)、德語 Patsche (“拍子；爪；水洼”)。与pad、path有关。
读音
- /pəˈtɹəʊl/
- /pəˈtɹoʊl/
释义
巡逻
Four members of the squadron were on patrol.
中队有4名队员在巡逻。
The watch consisted of twelve convicts—men selected for their good behaviour. Immediately after tattoo had beat they began their patrol. 'No complaint was ever made of them,' remarks Phillip, and they were expressly cautioned to avoid disputes with soldiers or seamen ( many of whom were as great thieves as the convicts themselves).
1899, Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery, Admiral Phillip Chapter 7巡查，搜查，排查
巡逻队
After cordial good-bye to our hospitable hostess we motored back to Chaumont where we dined with Colonel Mitchell; and then with another long drive we finally reached home tired but happy at 3.30 in the morning. There staring me in the face was an order directing me to lead my patrol over the lines in the morning at five o'clock, sharp! An hour and a half sleep for an utterly worn out aviator!
1919, Eddie Rickenbacker, “Chapter 7”, in Fighting the Flying Circus:巡逻队
巡逻
a customs patrol
海关巡查
a fire patrol
消防巡逻
Philadelphia’s foot-patrol strategy was developed after a study in 2009 by criminologists from Temple University, which is in the 22nd district. A randomised trial overturned the conventional view that foot patrols make locals like the police more and fear crime less, but do not actually reduce crime. In targeted areas, violent crime decreased by 23%.
2013 August 24, “Boots on the street”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8850:小队 （童子军中队的一个单位，一般由6到8人组成）
On a makeshift bed in the corner was an old woman looking very sick. Then a patrol of "Missioner" Scouts appeared on the scene: one seized a broom and swept out the room; the next made up the fire with some fuel he had procured and made her a cup of tea; another mended the rickety table, bed and chair, making them at any rate serviceable, while a fourth straightened out the bedclothes, propped the old lady up, and did his best to cheer her until the tea was ready.
1913, anonymous author, Boy Scouts and What They Do/Object of Scouting:The formation of the boys into Patrols of from six to eight and training them as separate units each under its own responsible leader is the key to a good Troop.
1920, Lord Baden-Powell of Gilwell, Aids To Scoutmastership, page 24:
词形与写法（2）
| 词形 | 标注 | 转写 |
|---|---|---|
| patrole | obsolete · alternative | |
| patrols | plural |