Barrack

Barrackname詞源 1

• 1

  A surname.

Barrackname詞源 2

• 1

  A male given name from Arabic.

barracknoun詞源 1/ˈbæɹ.ək/

• 1

  governmentmilitarypoliticsA building for soldiers, especially within a garrison; originally referred to temporary huts, now usually to a permanent structure or set of buildings.

  • Before the gates of Bari, he lodged in a miserable hut or barrack, composed of dry branches, and thatched with straw; a perilous station, on all sides open to the inclemency of the winter and the spears of the enemy.
  • 1919, House Committee on Military Affairs, Army Reorganization: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, 66th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 8287, H.R. 8068, H.R. 7925, H.R. 8870, Sept. 3, 1919-Nov. 12, 1919, Parts 23-43, page 1956, How do you distinguish between the disciplinary barracks and the penitentiary? Where are the disciplinary barracks ?
• 2

  A primitive structure resembling a long shed or barn for (usually temporary) housing or other purposes.

• 3

  Any very plain, monotonous, or ugly large building.

• 4

  A (structure with a) movable roof sliding on four posts, to cover hay, straw, etc.

• 5

  A police station.

barrackverb詞源 1/ˈbæɹ.ək/

• 1

  To house military personnel; to quarter.

  • Where the men were barracked alone, unnatural crime prevailed : where the women were barracked, contrivances were made to render such a place a brothel.
• 2

  To live in barracks.

barrackverb詞源 2/ˈbæɹ.ək/

• 1

  To jeer and heckle; to attempt to disconcert by verbal means.

  • I knew that he had been barracked at times, but I did not realise that he was so sensitive.
  • Some people stopped concentrating on the piece altogether, some started barracking and heckling, while others began chatting to one another.
• 2

  To cheer for or support a team.

  • The only really unique aspect of Australian barracking is its idiom, the distinctive language and humour involved.
  • I had by then explained to him my custom of occasionally listening to Australian Rules Football on our shortwave radio of a Saturday afternoon; how, despite my barracking for Essendon, I thought a player from Geelong, Gary Ablett, the best I had ever seen.