| 单词 | rampart |
| 释义 | rampart /ram"pahrt, -peuhrt/, n. 1. Fort. a. a broad elevation or mound of earth raised as a fortification around a place and usually capped with a stone or earth parapet. See diag. under bastion. b. such an elevation together with the parapet. 2. anything serving as a bulwark or defense. v.t. 3. to furnish with or as if with a rampart. [1575-85; < MF, deriv. of remparer, equiv. to re- RE- + emparer to take possession of < Pr amparar << L ante- ANTE- + parare to PREPARE] Syn. 2. fortification, breastwork, barricade, guard. |
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