| 单词 | rampart |
| 释义 | rampart (once / 937 pages) n If you are building a sand castle and want it to be extra realistic, don’t forget the rampart. This protective wall may not keep the ocean away, but it might intimidate a few hostile hermit crabs. This noun is derived from the French verb remparer, meaning “to fortify,” and dates back to the 16th century. This usually refers to a large defensive wall surrounding a castle, but can be a barrier built along a road or an embankment constructed alongside a river. This word is famously used in the lyrics of "The Star-Spangled Banner," the national anthem of the United States: “O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming...” WORD FAMILYrampart: ramparts USAGE EXAMPLESThe event will be rounded off with a fireworks display from the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle. BBC(Dec 29, 2016) Or do what the locals do, and grab a six-pack and sit at the edge of the ramparts for the best views in the city. Seattle Times(Dec 23, 2016) But its ramparts, now home to an army barracks, also guarded one of the region’s most holy Hindu temples. Washington Post(Dec 08, 2016) n an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes they stormed the ramparts of the city Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper bulwark, 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 |
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