cordon
/ˈkɔːdn/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈkɔːrdn/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈkȯr-dᵊn -ˌdän/ (ame, mw)
cordon — 名詞
- cordonsingular
- cordonsplural
1. a guarded line made with officers, soldiers, vehicles, tape, or other barriers t
封鎖線
警力等圍起的警戒線
a guarded line made with officers, soldiers, vehicles, tape, or other barriers to block access to a place or control movement near it.
Police set up a cordon around the station after a bomb threat.
警方在接到炸彈威脅後，於車站周圍設起封鎖線。
set up a cordon around [place]
Soldiers held the cordon while firefighters checked the burning warehouse.
士兵守住封鎖線，同時消防員檢查起火的倉庫。
A police cordon blocked the street outside the apartment building.
一道警方封鎖線擋住了公寓大樓外的街道。
Reporters waited behind the cordon while medics carried survivors out.
記者在封鎖線後方等待，醫護人員把生還者抬了出來。
文法句型
a cordon around something
behind the cordon
用法筆記
Most often used in police, military, or emergency contexts, especially in news reports. People usually stand behind, inside, or outside the cordon rather than talk about being in it.
常見錯誤
cordon — 動詞
- cordonpresent simple I / you / we / they
- cordons3rd person singular
- cordoning-ing form
- cordonedpast simple
1. to place guards, tape, vehicles, or similar barriers around a place so people ca
封鎖
以人員或警戒線圍住某處
to place guards, tape, vehicles, or similar barriers around a place so people can be kept away or their movement strictly controlled.
Police cordoned the market after workers found a suspicious bag.
工人發現可疑袋子後，警方封鎖了市場。
cordon + place after a security scare
Officers cordoned both ends of the bridge before the president arrived.
總統抵達前，警員先封鎖了橋的兩端。
cordon + route access points
Fire crews cordoned the hillside to stop hikers entering the smoke.
消防隊封鎖了山坡，好阻止登山客走進煙霧中。
Staff quickly cordoned the hallway and led the children outside.
工作人員迅速封鎖走廊，並帶孩子們到外面去。
- open
to allow people to enter or pass through freely
文法句型
cordon + place
cordon + route
用法筆記
Common in formal news language. The object is usually a place, route, or event site that officials want to secure, not the people being controlled.