a temporary camp without tents or cover, used especially by soldiers or mountaineers (尤指士兵或登山者的)露营地,露宿地
(bivouacked, bivouacking)
[noobj., with adverbial of place](bivouacked, bivouacking)stay in such a camp 露营 the party bivouacked for the night. 那一队人露营过夜。
语源
early 18th cent. (denoting a night watch by the whole army): from French, probably from Swiss German Bîwacht 'additional guard at night', apparently denoting a citizens' patrol supporting the ordinary town watch