英语词汇“to raise one's head above the parapet”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. Military. A defence of earth or stone to conceal troops from the enemy's observation and fire; spec. (in permanent fortifications) a protection against missiles, raised on the top of a wall or rampart; (in fieldworks) a bank of earth in front of a military trench or other position. In later use frequently figurative, esp. in to raise one's head above the parapet and variants.In quot. 1575 in extended use. In quot. 1661: a heraldic representation of a parapet.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > parapet

parapet1575

breast guard1840

society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > bank in front of trench

parapet1916

1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxi. 195 A noble man or gentleman may march to besiege the Foxe and Badgerd [sic], in their strongest holes and castles. And may breake their Casmats, Plotformes, Parapets, and worke to them with Mynes, and countermines, vntill they get their skynnes.

1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. H3^v It must haue..Parapets to hide the Muscatiers: Casemates to place the great Artillery.

1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. iv. 52 And thou hast talkt..of trenches tents, Of pallizadoes, frontiers, parapets .

?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer Twelue Bks. Iliads xii. 213 Parrapets..ras't euerie formost fight..The Greeks yet stood, and stil repaird the forefights of their wall.

1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iii. iv. 34 The Mural Crown was raised with Brectesches, parapects, and Battlements of Gold.

1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §73 A transmittible Gallery over any Ditch or Breach in a Town-wall, with a Blinde and Parapit Cannon-proof.

1702 Mil. Dict. Embrazures, the Gaps or Loopholes, left open in a Parapet for the Cannon to fire through.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. x. 410 A soldier..stalkt about on the parapet with a battle-ax in his hand.

1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1835) III. 42 It wants..the earth which has been washed from the parapet into the ditch to be cleared out.

1861 W. H. Russell in Times 10 July 5/2 Higher up..there is a breastwork and parapet, within which are six guns.

1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle xx. 266 A crump took the parapet of the trench.

1928 E. Blunden Undertones of War 317 It seems, as now I wake and brood, And know my hour's decrepitude, That on some dewy parapet The centuries' spirit gazes yet.

1975 Times 14 July 13/1 The Leader of the House, to whom the Prime Minister..will yield the honour of going over the parapet first.

1977 H. Fast Immigrants iii. 171 The men were leaning high on the parapet, staring out over the ruptured, wire-strewn earth that separated them from the enemy.

1995 Independent 4 Oct. (Suppl.) 14 (heading) The Local Government Commission, which abolished Berkshire and Humberside County Council, has plenty of critics. Now a former member has raised his head above the parapet.

单词	to raise one's head above the parapet
释义	> as lemmas to raise one's head above the parapet 1. Military. A defence of earth or stone to conceal troops from the enemy's observation and fire; spec. (in permanent fortifications) a protection against missiles, raised on the top of a wall or rampart; (in fieldworks) a bank of earth in front of a military trench or other position. In later use frequently figurative, esp. in to raise one's head above the parapet and variants.In quot. 1575 in extended use. In quot. 1661: a heraldic representation of a parapet. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > parapet parapet1575 breast guard1840 society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > earthwork or rampart > [noun] > trench > bank in front of trench parapet1916 1575 G. Gascoigne Noble Arte Venerie lxxi. 195 A noble man or gentleman may march to besiege the Foxe and Badgerd [sic], in their strongest holes and castles. And may breake their Casmats, Plotformes, Parapets, and worke to them with Mynes, and countermines, vntill they get their skynnes. 1590 C. Marlowe Tamburlaine: 2nd Pt. sig. H3^v It must haue..Parapets to hide the Muscatiers: Casemates to place the great Artillery. 1598 W. Shakespeare Henry IV, Pt. 1 ii. iv. 52 And thou hast talkt..of trenches tents, Of pallizadoes, frontiers, parapets . View more context for this quotation ?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer Twelue Bks. Iliads xii. 213 Parrapets..ras't euerie formost fight..The Greeks yet stood, and stil repaird the forefights of their wall. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iii. iv. 34 The Mural Crown was raised with Brectesches, parapects, and Battlements of Gold. 1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §73 A transmittible Gallery over any Ditch or Breach in a Town-wall, with a Blinde and Parapit Cannon-proof. 1702 Mil. Dict. Embrazures, the Gaps or Loopholes, left open in a Parapet for the Cannon to fire through. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. x. 410 A soldier..stalkt about on the parapet with a battle-ax in his hand. 1803 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1835) III. 42 It wants..the earth which has been washed from the parapet into the ditch to be cleared out. 1861 W. H. Russell in Times 10 July 5/2 Higher up..there is a breastwork and parapet, within which are six guns. 1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle xx. 266 A crump took the parapet of the trench. 1928 E. Blunden Undertones of War 317 It seems, as now I wake and brood, And know my hour's decrepitude, That on some dewy parapet The centuries' spirit gazes yet. 1975 Times 14 July 13/1 The Leader of the House, to whom the Prime Minister..will yield the honour of going over the parapet first. 1977 H. Fast Immigrants iii. 171 The men were leaning high on the parapet, staring out over the ruptured, wire-strewn earth that separated them from the enemy. 1995 Independent 4 Oct. (Suppl.) 14 (heading) The Local Government Commission, which abolished Berkshire and Humberside County Council, has plenty of critics. Now a former member has raised his head above the parapet. extracted from parapetn. < as lemmas
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