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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

battlement

/bat-l-muhnt/US // ˈbæt l mənt //UK // (ˈbætəlmənt) //

城墙,阵地,阵墙,垛口

Related Words

fortification工事,筑城,筑堤,设防escarpment崖壁,悬崖峭壁,悬崖,崖岸bastion堡垒,基地,城堡,垒石rampart壁垒,城墙,垒垒,垒垒石tower塔楼,塔台,高塔,塔balustrade栏杆,阳台,栏板,阑尾embattlement埋葬,封锁,拥护,栓塞

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Often battlements. a parapet or cresting, originally defensive but later usually decorative, consisting of a regular alternation of merlons and crenels; crenelation.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounparapet
Forms: battlements
Synonyms
balustrade栏杆,阳台,栏板,阑尾bastion堡垒,基地,城堡,垒石escarpment崖壁,悬崖峭壁,悬崖,崖岸fortification工事,筑城,筑堤,设防rampart壁垒,城墙,垒垒,垒垒石tower塔楼,塔台,高塔,塔embattlement埋葬,封锁,拥护,栓塞

Examples

  • Right at the crown of the battlement stood a figure in armor, and behind the bulwark was the noise of struggle.

  • The upper portion of the walls was decorated with an ornamental frieze and a battlement bordered with fine moulding.

  • The red light of the setting sun fell upon it, magnifying every battlement and tower, and making them all glow with color.

  • The chief captain stopped in his stride, drew his cloak about him, rested his thigh on a square battlement, and resigned himself.

  • Joan leaned against the crumbling battlement, and the words of Conrad were very sweet in her ear.

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