cordon
n
1 line or ring of policemen, soldiers, etc, esp one which guards sth or prevents people entering or leaving an area (由警察、 士兵等組成的)警戒線, 防衛(wèi)圈
Demonstrators tried to break through the police cordon. 示威群眾企圖突破警察的封鎖線.
2 ornamental ribbon or braid of an order1(10a), usu worn across the shoulder (代表勛位的)飾帶或穗帶(通常斜掛在肩上); 綬帶.
3 fruit-tree with all its side branches cut off so that it grows as a single stem, usu against a wall or along wires (剪去一切枝椏的)單干果樹(通常倚墻或沿金屬線生長). cordon, v (phr v) cordon sth off separate or enclose sth by means of a cordon(1) 以警戒線分隔或包圍
Police cordoned off the area until the bomb was defused. 警方封鎖了這個區(qū)域直至拆除炸彈的引信為止.
?? 擴(kuò)展釋義
*['k?:d?n]n. 哨兵線, 非常警戒線, 飾帶vt. 用警戒線圍住【法】 警戒線, 封鎖線相關(guān)詞組: cordon sth off