- A portable shelter, as of canvas, stretched over a supporting framework of poles with ropes and pegs.帐篷：一种易于携带的用帆布等材料制成的遮盖物，用绳子和钉子固定在一个杆子制成的支架上
- Something resembling such a portable shelter in construction or outline:帐篷状物：在构造或外形上类似帐逢的东西："her hair a dark tent, her face a thin triangle"(Anne Tyler)“她的头发象顶黑色的帐篷，她的脸象细长的三角”(安妮·泰勒)
- To camp in a tent.住帐蓬
- To form a tent over.用帐蓬遮盖
- To supply with or put up in tents.向……供应帐逢，使在帐逢中宿营
- Middle English 中古英语
- from Old French tente 源自 古法语 tente
- from Vulgar Latin *tendita 源自 俗拉丁语 *tendita
- from feminine past participle of Latin tendere [to stretch out] * see ten- 源自 拉丁语 tendere的阴性过去式分词 [拉出] * 参见 ten-
tent
- A small, cylindrical plug of lint or gauze used to keep open or probe a wound or an orifice.塞子：用软麻布或纱布制成的小的圆柱状塞子，用以撑开或探查伤口或孔洞
- To keep (a wound or an orifice) open with such a plug.将塞条嵌进（伤口）：用这样的塞子保持（伤口或孔洞）敞开
- Middle English tente 中古英语 tente
- from Old French 源自 古法语
- from tenter [to probe] 源自 tenter [探查]
- from Latin tentāre [to feel, try] * see tentative 源自 拉丁语 tentāre [感觉，试探] * 参见 tentative
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- To pay heed to.观察
- To attend; wait on.看护；照料
- Middle English tenten 中古英语 tenten
- from tent [attention] 源自 tent [观察]
- short for attent attent的简写
- from Old French attente 源自 古法语 attente
- from Vulgar Latin *attendita 源自 俗拉丁语 *attendita
- from feminine past participle of Latin attendere [to wait on] * see attend 源自 拉丁语 attendere的阴性过去式分词 [服侍] * 参见 attend