campground
/ˈkæmpɡraʊnd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkæmpɡraʊnd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkamp-ˌgrau̇nd/ (ame, mw)
campground — noun
- campgroundsingular
- campgroundsplural
1. an outdoor place where visitors stay in tents or recreational vehicles, usually
an outdoor place where visitors stay in tents or recreational vehicles, usually with shared bathrooms, water, and other basic facilities
We booked a hillside campground with hot showers for the long weekend.
pattern: campground with + facility
After dark, Joshua followed the lanterns back to the campground gate.
collocation: campground gate
The ranger closed the campground when the river covered the bridge.
Tomás found a quiet campground beside the pine trees and paid at the box.
Families cooked dinner outside their tents all across the campground.
- campsite
Usually one place for a tent or vehicle, not the whole camping area
- RV park
Focuses more on places designed for recreational vehicles and hook-ups
- camping area
A broader plain-English phrase that is less fixed as a dictionary term
文法句型
stay at a campground
campground with + facility
用法筆記
Campground usually means the whole camping area, often with many individual spaces and shared facilities. In American English it is more common than campsite when you mean the full place rather than one single spot.