Word · CEFR C2 · Frequency #19690
cordons
警戒线；封锁线
cordons is the plural of cordon.
a line or series of police, sentinels, or military posts that guards or encloses a place or area
指由警察或军队设置、禁止通行的警戒圈或警戒线。
- 1.
A line of people or things placed around an area to enclose or protect it.
围绕某区域以封闭或保护它的一排人或物。
- 2.
The arc of fielders on the off side, behind the batsman: the slips and gully.
板球中,击球手后方场外侧的守场员弧形站位,包括 slips 和 gully。
- 3.
A woody plant, such as a fruit tree, pruned and trained to grow as a single stem on a support.
木本植物(如果树),单茎修剪整形并依附支撑物生长。
饰带；绶带；围绕某区域以封闭或保护它的一排人或物。；板球中,击球手后方场外侧的守场员弧形站位,包括 slips 和 gully。；木本植物(如果树),单茎修剪整形并依附支撑物生长。；哨兵线
In use
The police placed a cordon around the building after the alarm went off.
No one can enter the area because the soldiers have set up a cordon.
The crowd was kept behind the cordon while firefighters worked.
cordon sth off
cordon off 是短语动词；宾语为名词时可在 off 前后，代词宾语则必须放在 off 之前。
The police cordoned the area off after the explosion.
爆炸发生后，警方用警戒线封锁了该区域。
be cordoned off
被动式强调封锁状态，常见于新闻报道。
The building was cordoned off for safety reasons.
出于安全原因，该大楼被警戒线封锁。
a cordon of police
Connections
Collocations
- cordon off
- 封锁；用警戒线围住
- The police cordoned off the area after the explosion.爆炸发生后，警方封锁了该地区。
- police cordon
- 警方警戒线
- The police cordon was set up to keep the crowd away.警方设置了警戒线以疏散人群。
- security cordon
- 安全警戒线
- A tight security cordon surrounded the conference center.会议中心周围设置了严密的安全警戒线。
- form a cordon
- 形成警戒线
- Police formed a cordon to prevent the protesters from advancing.警察组成警戒线，阻止抗议者前进。
- break through a cordon
- 冲破警戒线
- Some demonstrators tried to break through the cordon.一些示威者试图冲破警戒线。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
拼写里有 cord（绳子）——想象警察用绳带拉起警戒线，cordon 就是那条线。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：news reports、police or military operations cordon 作名词指警戒线、封锁线，作动词指用警戒线围住，通常用于新闻报道或警方/军事行动场景，语体偏中性或正式；动词常见形式为 cordon off。
Pronunciation & Spelling
真韵脚：warden（ˈwɒːdən/ˈwɔːdən）与 cordon 的重读元音及后续读音相同；cord 的前段读音与 cordon 相同，但少一个音节。注意 lookalikes：garden 的 ar 读 /ɑː/，不押韵；don 单独读 /dɒn/，而在词尾的 -don 常弱读为 /dən/，如 pardon、London。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
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