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reconnoitre 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
  1. scout: explore, often with the goal of finding something or somebody
  2. Reconnaissance (literately French "recognition" • from Middle French reconoissance; Old French reconoistre; "-to recognize"), is a military term denoting a preliminary survey; especially: an exploratory military survey (also scouting) conducted to gain, or collect information. ...
  3. An act or instance of reconnoitring; To perform a reconnaissance (of an area; an enemy position); to scout with the aim of gaining information