checkpoint
/ˈtʃekpɔɪnt/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈtʃekpɔɪnt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈchek-ˌpȯint/ (ame, mw)
checkpoint — 名詞
- checkpointsingular
- checkpointsplural
1. A place — often at a country border or outside a secure building — where guards
檢查站
邊界或安全區域的通行檢查關卡
A place — often at a country border or outside a secure building — where guards stop every person or vehicle, inspect documents, and check what they are carrying.
Mei showed her passport at the border checkpoint near Laos.
Mei 在寮國邊境檢查站出示了她的護照。
collocation: border checkpoint
The soldiers set up a checkpoint on the road leading into town.
士兵們在通往鎮上的道路上設立了檢查站。
collocation: set up a checkpoint
Kwame waited forty minutes in line at the police checkpoint.
Kwame 在警察檢查站前排了四十分鐘的隊。
Every vehicle must pass through a security checkpoint before entering the port.
每輛車在進入港口前都必須通過安檢檢查站。
The checkpoint officer asked Fatima to open the boot of the car.
檢查站官員要求 Fatima 打開汽車後車廂。
- border post
specifically at an international border crossing; implies permanent facilities
- roadblock
usually temporary, set up by police or military on a road to control movement
- inspection station
more formal term, often used for vehicle, cargo, or agricultural checks
- security gate
typically a fixed installation at an entrance to a building or complex
用法筆記
Checkpoints can be permanent (like border posts) or temporary (like police roadblocks set up during an emergency).