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词汇 guardhouse
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Definition of guardhouse in English:

guardhouse

nounˈɡɑːdhaʊsˈɡɑrdˌhaʊs
  • A building used to accommodate a military guard or to detain military prisoners.

    警卫楼;军事禁闭楼

    Example sentencesExamples
    • They also were puzzled by the presence in the enclosed courtyard of a new glass-walled room that seemed to be a guardhouse.
    • So, the secret places - the quiet guardhouses we protect from view with vigilance and attitude, I will never see.
    • The guard details were marched to the guardhouse where the Guard Mount ceremony took place.
    • On 7 September, resisting confinement in the post guardhouse, he received a fatal wound from a soldier's bayonet.
    • It was rumored that prisoners in the guardhouse worked only eight hours per day, five days a week.
    • All of the guardhouses are locked or otherwise bar his entry.
    • Displayed on a wall of the small guardhouse was a saying of Bertolt Brecht.
    • High city walls, while serving their primary purpose, were topped by guardhouses at regular intervals, soldiers and wardens patrolling its boundaries.
    • A short distance away there were several barracks and guardhouses to either side.
    • Breathless, he burst into the darkened interior of the guardhouse, and in his excitement, he was oblivious to the fact he had caught the captain fast asleep on his bunk.
    • ‘The glove from the guardhouse is hers,’ I said.
    • Inside a guardhouse in the compound, soldiers found more prisoners bound and blindfolded and showing evidence of abuse.
    • A few days later Papa, my sisters, Alexei, and I went down to the guardhouse, as some of our friends were on duty.
    • In barracks sentries are usually furnished by the unit's guard, a detachment of soldiers on duty for a 24-hour period, who live in the guardroom or guardhouse.
    • Soldiers were running in hordes to get out of the place, but Wolfe must have had accomplices - the walls were wreathed in sheets of flame taller than the guardhouses.
    • We came upon the ruins of what appeared to be old abandoned barracks and guardhouses, that no doubt had been sacked many a long age ago.
    • His lie is uncovered by Barton, who happens to be a real Army captain, and he is jailed in the base guardhouse, where he tap-dances his time away.
    • Still, there were over a dozen of them barracked in the new guardhouse at the gate to the estate.
    • This also applies to the abolition of guardhouses, already in our time.
    • Two blasts struck the guardhouse, killing two of the three men inside.
    Synonyms
    prison, penal institution, place of detention, lock-up, place of confinement, correctional facility, detention centre

Definition of guardhouse in US English:

guardhouse

nounˈɡärdˌhousˈɡɑrdˌhaʊs
  • 1A building used to accommodate a military guard or to detain military prisoners.

    警卫楼;军事禁闭楼

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Still, there were over a dozen of them barracked in the new guardhouse at the gate to the estate.
    • It was rumored that prisoners in the guardhouse worked only eight hours per day, five days a week.
    • This also applies to the abolition of guardhouses, already in our time.
    • A few days later Papa, my sisters, Alexei, and I went down to the guardhouse, as some of our friends were on duty.
    • High city walls, while serving their primary purpose, were topped by guardhouses at regular intervals, soldiers and wardens patrolling its boundaries.
    • The guard details were marched to the guardhouse where the Guard Mount ceremony took place.
    • His lie is uncovered by Barton, who happens to be a real Army captain, and he is jailed in the base guardhouse, where he tap-dances his time away.
    • So, the secret places - the quiet guardhouses we protect from view with vigilance and attitude, I will never see.
    • Soldiers were running in hordes to get out of the place, but Wolfe must have had accomplices - the walls were wreathed in sheets of flame taller than the guardhouses.
    • Two blasts struck the guardhouse, killing two of the three men inside.
    • ‘The glove from the guardhouse is hers,’ I said.
    • Displayed on a wall of the small guardhouse was a saying of Bertolt Brecht.
    • Inside a guardhouse in the compound, soldiers found more prisoners bound and blindfolded and showing evidence of abuse.
    • In barracks sentries are usually furnished by the unit's guard, a detachment of soldiers on duty for a 24-hour period, who live in the guardroom or guardhouse.
    • We came upon the ruins of what appeared to be old abandoned barracks and guardhouses, that no doubt had been sacked many a long age ago.
    • On 7 September, resisting confinement in the post guardhouse, he received a fatal wound from a soldier's bayonet.
    • Breathless, he burst into the darkened interior of the guardhouse, and in his excitement, he was oblivious to the fact he had caught the captain fast asleep on his bunk.
    • They also were puzzled by the presence in the enclosed courtyard of a new glass-walled room that seemed to be a guardhouse.
    • A short distance away there were several barracks and guardhouses to either side.
    • All of the guardhouses are locked or otherwise bar his entry.
    Synonyms
    prison, penal institution, place of detention, lock-up, place of confinement, correctional facility, detention centre
    1. 1.1US A building accommodating a guard who controls entrance to the grounds of a house, housing development, school, or other facility.
      the prestigious islands have opted for guardhouses, where the license plate numbers of visitors are copied down
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The guard went inside the guardhouse, and the drawbridge slowly lowered.
      • These police also maintain small guardhouses at the entrances to several housing projects.
      • At the guardhouse on Washington Road, security personnel know the members by sight, and guests are held until a member comes to collect them.
      • Shrugging, Dave strode into the guardhouse and pressed the button that opened the automated gate.
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