| 词汇 | patrol |
| 词源 | patrol. Infantrymen do a lot of slogging through the mud. French soldiers in the 17th century were no exception, as their slang word patrouiller, to paddle with the feet in the mud, clear- ly shows. The word was so commonly used that it came to mean “to pass around or through a specified area in order to maintain order and security.” |
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