a place for the storage of large quantities of equipment, food, or some other commodity 库房,仓库 an arms depot. 武器库。 ■a place where buses, trains, or other vehicles are housed and maintained and from which they are dispatched for service (汽车、火车等的)维修厂,车辆维修厂 ■(N. Amer.)a railway or bus station (北美)火车站;公共汽车站 ■the headquarters of a regiment; a place where recruits or other troops are assembled 团部(指军队中的团指挥部);兵站
语源
late 18th cent. (in the sense 'act of depositing'): from French dépôt, from Latin depositum 'something deposited' (see deposit)