Word · Frequency #23937
decamp
撤营；拔营
leave a camp
- 1.
To break camp and move on.
拔营前进
- 2.
To disappear suddenly and secretly.
突然秘密消失；潜逃
- 3.
To debark, to disembark.
下船上岸；登岸
突然离开；逃走；逃亡；拔营前进；突然秘密消失；潜逃；下船上岸；登岸；撤营
In use
The scouts decamped before sunrise to avoid the flood.
She decamps to the beach house whenever city life gets too stressful.
The group is decamping from the hotel at noon.
decamp from sth
decamp 是不及物动词，不能直接接宾语；from 后接离开的地点或组织。
The manager decamped from the company with the clients' money.
经理带着客户的钱从公司逃走了。
decamp to sth
to 后接前往的目的地，常表示暂时或突然的迁移。
Many residents decamped to the suburbs during the heatwave.
热浪来袭时，许多居民搬到郊区。
decamp (from sth) (to sth)
该结构可同时说明离开地和目的地；此词最早指军队拔营离开。
Connections
Collocations
- decamp from
- 从…突然离开；从…逃走
- The manager decamped from the office with the client list.经理带着客户名单从办公室逃走了。
- decamp to
- 逃往；移往
- They decamped to Canada to avoid the lawsuit.他们逃往加拿大以逃避诉讼。
- decamp with
- 卷走…潜逃
- The accountant decamped with the company's savings.会计卷走了公司的积蓄潜逃。
- decamp in the night
- 趁夜离开；连夜撤营
- The campers decamped in the night before the flood arrived.露营者在洪水到来前连夜撤营。
- decamp without paying
- 不付账就溜走
- Several diners decamped without paying after the argument.争吵之后，几名食客没付账就溜走了。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
想象军营(camp)半夜悄悄拔营，瞬间空无一人，这就是decamp：撤营溜走。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：formal prose、military or camping descriptions decamp 多用于正式或文学作品，表示“离开营地”或“突然离开/逃走”；日常口语中较少用，通常会说 leave 或 run away。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词都押韵，重读元音及之后的部分为 /æmp/，与 decamp 的 /diˈkæmp/ 相同。注意别把拼写相似的 decade /ˈdɛkeɪd/、decay /dɪˈkeɪ/、decapitate /dɪˈkæpɪteɪt/ 也读成 /æmp/，它们发音不同。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.