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. 他偵察了圣勞倫斯海灣，沿著壯麗的河流向上前行直到現(xiàn)代的蒙特利爾。

I left a sergeant in command and rode forward to reconnoitre. 我留下一名警官主持局面，然后騎馬出去偵察。