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agger

/aj-er/US // ˈædʒ ər //UK // (ˈædʒə) //

侵略者,搅拌器,愤怒,激动人心

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Also called double tide. Oceanography. a high tide in which the water rises to a certain level, recedes, then rises again.a low tide in which the water recedes to a certain level, rises slightly, then recedes again.
    • : an earthen mound or rampart, especially one having no revetment.

Examples

  • This grand agger can be traced almost in its entire extent, as also the smaller aggers.

  • Nothing can be more plainly traced—a proper agger or vallum, with its corresponding ditch or fossa.

  • Back to back with the equites extraordinarii are the infantry of the same, facing the agger at the rear of the whole camp.

  • In this case the shape of the camp becomes an oblong, the area double, and the length of the entire agger half as much again.

  • But the Romans had two words, agger the embankment, and vallum the palisading on the top of it.