单词 | redoubt |
释义 | redoubt (once / 1559 pages) n WORD FAMILY redoubt: redoubtable, redoubts+/doubt: doubted, doubter, doubtful, doubting, doubtless, doubts, redoubt, self-doubt, undoubtedly/doubter: doubters/doubtful: doubtfully, doubtfulness/doubtfulness: doubtfulnesses/doubting: doubtingly/doubtless: doubtlessly/redoubtable: redoubtably USAGE EXAMPLESBut no more: what was once one of the labour market’s most dependable redoubts is now among its more precarious elements. The Guardian(Dec 16, 2016) Outside of Aleppo, the government and its allies are also putting severe pressure on remaining rebel redoubts. Reuters(Dec 07, 2016) In the shrinking rebel redoubt on the eastern side of the city, intense artillery shelling and airstrikes forced residents to cower in basements. New York Times(Dec 05, 2016) 1n an entrenched stronghold or refuge Hyper fastness, stronghold a strongly fortified defensive structure 2n (military) a temporary or supplementary fortification; typically square or polygonal without flanking defenses Hyper fortification, munition defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it |
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