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camper

/ˈkæmpə(r)/noun

उच्चारण कैम्पर

शिविर में ठहरने वाला, कैंप करने वाला

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a person who stays in a tent or holiday camp

    शिविर में ठहरने वाला, कैंप करने वाला

    • The campers lit a fire by the river.
    • The site has space for two hundred campers.
    • The young campers cooked their dinner over an open fire.
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    • Experienced campers always check the weather forecast first.
    • Each camper must bring a sleeping bag and a torch.
  2. 2

    [C]

    a large motor vehicle with beds and cooking equipment, used for holidays

    कैंपर गाड़ी (रहने-सोने की सुविधा वाली)

    • They toured Ladakh in a camper.
    • The family slept in the camper parked beside the lake.
    • They hired a camper for a week-long trip to Goa.
    + 2 more examples
    • The camper has a small kitchen and two beds.
    • Parking a camper in the old town can be difficult.

    Synonyms camper van motorhome

§Structures (grammar patterns) 5

camper (countable noun, person)

A camper is a person who stays in a tent or at a camp; it is countable and takes a or an.

Camper वह व्यक्ति है जो तंबू या शिविर में ठहरता है; यह countable है और इसके साथ a या an लगता है।

  • Every camper received a torch and a warm blanket.
  • A happy camper is a person who is content with things.

camper (countable noun, vehicle)

In British English a camper, or camper van, is a vehicle with beds and cooking facilities.

British English में camper या camper van बिस्तर और खाना पकाने की सुविधा वाला वाहन है।

  • They toured Rajasthan in a rented camper.
  • A camper van is expensive to hire in the tourist season.

camper + at / in + place

Use at or in to say where the camper is staying.

Camper कहाँ ठहरा है, यह बताने के लिए at या in का प्रयोग होता है।

  • Two campers at the lake saw a leopard.
  • Campers in the forest must not light fires.

camper's + noun

Possessive forms are common for the camper's tent, bag or kit.

Camper के तंबू, बैग या सामान के लिए possessive रूप आम है।

  • The camper's tent was blown away by the wind.
  • A camper's bag should be light but strong.

camper as a figurative phrase: happy camper

The informal phrase not a happy camper means a person who is annoyed or unhappy.

अनौपचारिक वाक्यांश 'not a happy camper' का अर्थ नाराज़ या दुखी व्यक्ति है।

  • After the long delay, the passengers were not happy campers.
+Collocations 4

adjective + camper

keenfirst-timeyoungexperiencedhappy

  • The first-time campers were nervous about sleeping in a tent.

camper + verb

pitchpackgathercooksleep

  • The campers gathered around the fire to sing songs.

verb + camper

welcomewarnteachguidesupervise

  • The guide warned campers about snakes near the stream.

camper + noun

vanbussiteleaderkit

  • They parked the camper van near the beach.
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  • The summer camp has room for fifty campers.

ग्रीष्मकालीन शिविर में पचास campers के लिए जगह है।

  • A group of campers heard a strange sound near midnight.

campers के एक समूह ने आधी रात के क़रीब कोई अजीब आवाज़ सुनी।

  • Radhika's uncle bought a camper to travel across the country.

राधिका के चाचा ने देश भर में घूमने के लिए एक camper ख़रीदा।

  • The campers cleaned the site before they went home.

घर जाने से पहले campers ने शिविर स्थल की सफ़ाई की।

  • Sleeping bags are provided for all campers.

सभी campers को स्लीपिंग बैग दिए जाते हैं।

  • The oldest camper in the group was a retired teacher of seventy.

समूह का सबसे वृद्ध camper सत्तर वर्ष का सेवानिवृत्त शिक्षक था।

!Common mistakes 2

✗ A group of camper walked to the lake.

✓ A group of campers walked to the lake.

After a group of, the noun must be plural.

'A group of' के बाद noun plural में आता है।

✗ Each of the campers have a sleeping bag.

✓ Each of the campers has a sleeping bag.

Each takes a singular verb even when a plural noun follows of.

'Each' के साथ singular verb आती है, भले ही of के बाद plural noun हो।

Idioms 1

a happy camper

(informal) a person who is pleased with a situation; often used in negative sentences

खुश या संतुष्ट व्यक्ति

  • He wasn't a happy camper when the flight was cancelled.
◇Word family
camp nouncamping noun