checkpoint
英['t?ekp??nt]
美['t??kp??nt]
- n. 檢查站，關卡
詞態變化
復數:?checkpoints;
英文詞源
- checkpoint (n.)
- 1940, from check (v.1) + point (n.). Originally an aviator's term for landforms or structures of known height against which the craft's altitude could be visually checked. The "vehicle stop" sense is recorded from 1950.
雙語例句
- 1. French soldiers squared off with a gunman at a road checkpoint.
- 在一個公路檢查站法國士兵擺開架勢，準備迎戰一名持槍者。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The car failed to stop at an army checkpoint.
- 那輛車沒有在軍方檢查站停車。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. For twenty-nine years, Checkpoint Charlie embodied the Cold War.
- 29年來，查理檢查站一直是冷戰的象征。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. The checkpoint was abandoned as militarily indefensible.
- 檢查站因為軍事上無法防御而被舍棄。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Soldiers opened fire on a car which failed to stop at an army checkpoint.
- 士兵向那輛拒絕在軍事檢查站停車檢查的汽車開了火。
來自柯林斯例句