| 单词 | bulwark |
| 释义 | bulwark (once / 1142 pages) nv A bulwark is a wall built for protection or defense. If you and your pals build a secret fort for girls only, you might want to build a bulwark to surround it — with a "No Boys Allowed" sign posted prominently. A seawall that runs perpendicular to the shore is sometimes called a bulwark, because it defends the beach, not against invaders, but against beach erosion. Although the noun bulwark can refer to any fortified wall, it often specifically refers to an earthen wall, like a rampart. As a verb, bulwark means to fortify with a wall or to provide protection: "The volunteers used sandbags to bulwark the levee in an attempt to prevent the flooded river from overflowing its banks." WORD FAMILYbulwark: bulwarked, bulwarking, bulwarks USAGE EXAMPLESThe neighborhood’s most ramshackle buildings are bulwarks against gentrification because they contain some of Seattle’s least-expensive market-rate units, he says. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) Bulwarked in gear, we lumber toward our sleds. Seattle Times(Dec 20, 2016) Democratic states and cities will be bulwarks against the worst incursions of a Trump presidency. The Guardian(Dec 19, 2016) 1n an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper rampart, wall Antonine Wall a fortification 37 miles long across the narrowest part of southern Scotland (between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde); built in 140 to mark the frontier of the Roman province of Britain Great Wall of Chinaa fortification 1,500 miles long built across northern China in the 3rd century BC; it averages 6 meters in width bailey the outer defensive wall that surrounds the outer courtyard of a castle battlement, crenelation, crenellationa rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns earthworkan earthen rampart fraisesloping or horizontal rampart of pointed stakes merlona solid section between two crenels in a crenelated battlement sconcea small fort or earthwork defending a ford, pass, or castle gate embankment a long artificial mound of stone or earth; built to hold back water or to support a road or as protection 2n a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away Syn|Hyper breakwater, groin, groyne, jetty, mole, seawall barrier a structure or object that impedes free movement 3n a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural) Hyper barrier a structure or object that impedes free movement 4v defend with a bulwark Hyper defend be on the defensive; act against an attack |
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