depot

来自deposit的法语拼写形式，引申词义放置，仓库。拼写比较entrepot, compote.

depot

depot: [18] A depot is literally a ‘place where something is deposited’, a ‘depository’. The word comes, via French dépôt, from Latin dēpositum (source of English deposit [17]), the past participle of dēpōnere ‘put down’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix dē- ‘down’ and pōnere ‘put, place’ (source of English position), and also produced English depose [13] and deponent [15].
=> deponent, depose, deposit, position

depot (n.)

1795, "warehouse," from French dépôt "a deposit, place of deposit," from Old French depost "a deposit or pledge," from Latin depositum "a deposit," noun use of neuter past participle of deponere "lay aside" (see deposit (v.)). Military sense is from 1798; meaning "railway station" is first recorded 1842, American English.

1. The depot is only a few blocks from here.

公共汽车站离这儿只有几个街区.

2. The military depot has a plentiful supply of food.

这个兵站有富足的食品供应.

3. The lorry driver loaded up at the depot.

卡车司机在库房装车.

4. The guerrillas burned down the enemy's depot.

游击队放火烧了敌人的仓库.

5. They leased the building as a depot.

他们租用这栋大楼作仓库。