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crenelated

/kren-l-ey-tid/US // ˈkrɛn lˌeɪ tɪd //

凹凸有致,凹凸不平的,凹凸有致的,凹凸形的

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : furnished with crenelations, as a parapet or molding, in the manner of a battlement.

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Examples

  • Several episcopals and their servants, entrenched upon a crenelated terrace, fired down upon us with cross-bows.

  • The crenelated battlements were transformed into mere parapets, the chemins de ronde into terraces and hanging gardens.

  • Between the circles the ducks are repeated, facing a shield enriched with rows of the crenelated pattern surmounted by a vine.

  • The wind moaned about the crenelated turrets; sentinels of the Pisans stood everywhere, alert for ambush.

  • Shall (or Quetta as we know it now) is described as a town of about 300 houses, surrounded by a slight crenelated wall.