• n. 巡邏；巡邏隊；偵察隊
• vt. 巡邏；巡查
• vi. 巡邏；巡查

來自古法語patrouille,守夜，值勤，巡邏，來自pate,腳掌，腳底板，詞源同pad,path.-ille,小詞后綴。

patrol

patrol: [17] What is now a reasonably dignified term began life as a colloquialism meaning ‘paddle about in mud’. English acquired the word via German from French patrouiller, which originally denoted ‘tramp around through the mud of a military camp – when doing guard duty, for instance’. This was an alteration of Old French patouiller ‘walk or trample in mud’, a verb based on the noun patte ‘paw’.

Other English words which trace their history back to patte are patois [17] (which developed via the Old French verb patoier ‘trample on’, hence ‘treat roughly’, and originally meant ‘rough speech’) and patten ‘wooden shoe’ [14].
=> patois, patten

patrol (n.)

1660s, "action of going the rounds" (of a military camp, etc.), from French patrouille "a night watch" (1530s), from patrouiller "go the rounds to watch or guard," originally "tramp through the mud," probably soldiers' slang, from Old French patouiller "paddle in water," probably from pate "paw, foot" (see patten). Compare paddlefoot, World War II U.S. Army slang for "infantry soldier." Meaning "those who go on a patrol" is from 1660s. Sense of "detachment of soldiers sent out to scout the countryside, the enemy, etc." is attested from 1702.

patrol (v.)

1690s, from patrol (n.) and in part from French patrouiller. Related: Patrolled; patrolling.

1. Security forces remained on patrol until late into the night.

保安部隊繼續巡邏至深夜。

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2. He hurried through the rain, to the patrol car.

他冒著雨急匆匆地跑到巡邏車前。

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3. The men apparently opened fire after they were challenged by a patrol.

顯然，那些人是在受到一支巡邏隊的盤問后開的火。

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4. I ask the mounted patrol to keep their eyes open.

我讓騎警瞪大眼睛。

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5. The bomb went off as a police patrol went by.

當一隊巡警經過時，炸彈爆炸了。

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