barracks
noun /ˈbærəks/
/ˈbærəks/
[countable + singular or plural verb] (plural barracks)
- a large building or group of buildings for soldiers to live in
营房；兵营 - an army barracks
一座兵营 - The troops were ordered back to barracks.
士兵们被命令返回营房。 - The soldiers are searched before they are allowed to leave barracks.
士兵在获准离营前要接受搜身。 - Troops are being withdrawn to barracks to avoid further clashes.
部队正在撤回兵营以避免引起更大冲突。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- army
- marine
- military
- …
- live in
- be confined to
- attack
- …
- an army barracks
- any large ugly building or buildings
（一所或一群）简陋的大房子
词源late 17th cent.: barrack from French baraque, from Italian baracca or Spanish barraca ‘soldier's tent’, of unknown origin.