单词:bulwarks
n a fencelike structure around a deck (usually plural)
n a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
v defend with a bulwark
bulwark的用法和样例:
例句
- Our people's support is a bulwark against the enemy.人民的支持就是抗拒敌人的堡垒。
- Democracy is a bulwark of freedom.民主是自由的保障。
- The dam will be a bulwark against floods.这防波堤可以堤防洪水。
词汇搭配
- bulwark plating舷墙板
- bulwark rail舷墙扶手
- bulwark stay舷墙支柱
经典引文
He stood, the bulwark of the Grecian band.
出自:PopePreserving human learning as a bulwark to theology.
出自:H. HallamRupert's strong, full reassuring presence, a completely effective bulwark against anxiety of any kind.
出自:I. Murdoch
- defense防卫
- safeguard保卫者
- protection保护
- jetty码头
- dike堤坝
- entrenchment掘壕沟
- security安全
- rampart垒
- wall墙壁
- fortification防御工事(尤指堡垒、要塞...
- embankment堤防
- earthwork土方工程
- barricade【C】路障
- defence防御
- buttress扶墙
- buffer缓冲
- barrier栅栏
- breakwater防波堤
- seawall海塘
- groin腹股沟
- mole痣
- groyne防波堤
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