Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense cordons, present participle cordoning, past tense, past participle cordoned
N-COUNT (由警察、士兵或车辆组成的)警戒线,封锁线;封锁圈 A cordon is a line or ring of police, soldiers, or vehicles preventing people from entering or leaving an area. (由警察、士兵或车辆组成的)警戒线,封锁线;封锁圈
ADJECTIVE | VERB + CORDON | CORDON + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤tight嚴密的警戒圈▸➤police, security警方封鎖線;安全警戒線VERB + CORDON➤form, throw (BrE) 組成/設置警戒線◇The security forces have formed a cordon around the apartment.安全部隊在公寓周圍設置了警戒線。◇Police officers threw a cordon around his car to protect him.警察在他汽車周圍設置了防衞圈以保護他。➤break through衝出警戒圈◇The crowd managed to break through the police cordon.人群設法衝出了警方的封鎖線。CORDON + VERB➤prevent sth警戒線阻止⋯◇A police cordon prevented the marchers from entering the main square.警察設置的警戒線阻止了遊行者進入主廣場。PREPOSITION➤cordon around, cordon round (especially BrE) 圍繞⋯的警戒圈◇There is a tight security cordon around the area.這一地區周圍設有嚴密的安全警戒圈。