英语词汇“rampart”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Forcing his way through the rampart of bodies, Goode leapt in the air, arms outstretched, and blocked the first punt of the season for the Blazers.

Evan Dudley, al, 1 Sep. 2022 The virtue of her citizens, their patriotic zeal, the particular form that national institutions can give to their spirit, that is the only rampart always ready to defend it, and which no army could breach.

Rich Lowry, National Review, 1 Mar. 2022 After ambling through the knot of cobbled alleyways, walk the one-and-a-half-mile stone rampart to see the picture-perfect town and its bucolic surroundings.

Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2021 But there are more urgent things to worry about: my son Nadim who has blood on his legs, and my wife Nayla who has gathered up the children and is holding them together in her arms like a rampart against who knows what.

Charif Majdalani, WSJ, 24 July 2021 The fact that intelligence can be difficult and tedious to correlate was perhaps the last natural rampart standing between us and total surveillance.

Arthur Holland Michel, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021 The word rampart, griffin pointed out, means a barrier, and in certain ways, the street was just that.

Doug Maccash, NOLA.com, 14 Jan. 2021 But the shock did not extend to the east side of Interstate 35, a concrete rampart that has for decades sliced this community in half, both physically and culturally.

Peter Holley, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2020 Ravari first had to dig a vast ditch and an earth rampart around his 2,600-hectare farm, to keep out sheep, cattle, and wild pigs.

Marc Champion, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020 See More

Word History

Etymology

Middle French, from ramparer to fortify, from re- + emparer to defend, from Old Occitan emparar, from Vulgar Latin *imparare, from Latin in- in- entry 2 + parare to prepare — more at pare

First Known Use

1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1

单词	rampart
释义	rampart noun ram·part ˈram-ˌpärt -pərt 1 : a protective barrier : bulwark 2 : a broad embankment raised as a fortification and usually surmounted by a parapet 3 : a wall-like ridge (as of rock fragments, earth, or debris) Example Sentences Recent Examples on the Web Forcing his way through the rampart of bodies, Goode leapt in the air, arms outstretched, and blocked the first punt of the season for the Blazers. Evan Dudley, al, 1 Sep. 2022 The virtue of her citizens, their patriotic zeal, the particular form that national institutions can give to their spirit, that is the only rampart always ready to defend it, and which no army could breach. Rich Lowry, National Review, 1 Mar. 2022 After ambling through the knot of cobbled alleyways, walk the one-and-a-half-mile stone rampart to see the picture-perfect town and its bucolic surroundings. Anne Olivia Bauso, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2021 But there are more urgent things to worry about: my son Nadim who has blood on his legs, and my wife Nayla who has gathered up the children and is holding them together in her arms like a rampart against who knows what. Charif Majdalani, WSJ, 24 July 2021 The fact that intelligence can be difficult and tedious to correlate was perhaps the last natural rampart standing between us and total surveillance. Arthur Holland Michel, Wired, 4 Feb. 2021 The word rampart, griffin pointed out, means a barrier, and in certain ways, the street was just that. Doug Maccash, NOLA.com, 14 Jan. 2021 But the shock did not extend to the east side of Interstate 35, a concrete rampart that has for decades sliced this community in half, both physically and culturally. Peter Holley, Houston Chronicle, 6 June 2020 Ravari first had to dig a vast ditch and an earth rampart around his 2,600-hectare farm, to keep out sheep, cattle, and wild pigs. Marc Champion, Bloomberg.com, 10 May 2020 See More Word History Etymology Middle French, from ramparer to fortify, from re- + emparer to defend, from Old Occitan emparar, from Vulgar Latin imparare, from Latin in-* in- entry 2 + parare to prepare — more at pare First Known Use 1536, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Kids Definition rampart noun ram·part ˈram-ˌpärt : a broad bank or wall raised as a protective barrier rampart noun as in wall a tall, thick stone or dirt structure that is built around a castle, town, etc., to protect it from attacks —usually plural The city's ramparts crumbled long ago. Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance wall bulwark barricade fence barrier dam fender hedge buffer cushion bumper obstacle pale interference obstruction inhibition impediment pad hurdle paling encumbrance roadblock deterrent hindrance stumbling block block chain let embarrassment clog trammel handicap stop curb bar restraint hobble constraint fetter shackle(s) manacle crimp snag drag Antonyms & Near Antonyms gate door entrance doorway entry portal entranceway gap entryway break pass See More
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rampart

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