reconnoitre

1. V-T/V-I To reconnoitre an area means to obtain information about its geographical features or about the size and position of an army there. 偵察

He reconnoitred the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, travelling up the magnificent river as far as modern Montreal. 他偵察了聖勞倫斯海灣，沿著壯麗的河流曏上前行直到現(xiàn)代的矇特利爾。

I left a sergeant in command and rode forward to reconnoitre. 我畱下一名警官主持侷麪，然後騎馬出去偵察。