n.巡逻；巡查
v.巡逻；巡查
Terrorists attacked two soldiers on patrol. 恐怖分子袭击了两名正在巡逻的士兵。
The patrol was waylaid by bandits. 巡逻队遭到土匪伏击。
The police hustled the tramps into the patrol car. 警察将那些流浪者强行推入巡逻车中。
用作动词 (v.)The plane will patrol Australia's coastline. 未来这架飞机的任务是巡逻澳洲海岸线。
Guards patrol the perimeter of the estate. 保安人员在庄园四周巡逻。
Tell them to split up into twos and threes and patrol all round the huts. 你叫他们三个两个一队，分开了，在草棚前前后后巡查。
There were some bicycle thefts recently in Discovery Bay.City Management has tightened up on the patrol and pay special attention to bicycle parking locations. 愉景湾最近发生数宗单车盗窃案，城市管理处已加强巡查及留意单车停泊处。
patrol作“巡逻队”解时为集合名词,以其单数形式作主语时,谓语动词可用单数形式,也可用复数形式。
v.(动词)patrol的基本含义是“巡逻”,即在一定的区域(通常是在公共场所或比较重要的地区)内不停地巡视以保证该区域的安全。引申可指“逛马路”。
patrol可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接街道、校园等名词作宾语。可用于被动结构。
