earthwork 的定义
- excavation and piling of earth in connection with an engineering operation.
- Military. a construction formed chiefly of earth for protection against enemy fire, used in both offensive and defensive operations.
- an artistic work that consists of a large-scale alteration or modification of an area of land in a configuration designed by an artist or of an artist's sculptural installation, as in a museum or gallery, of soil, rock, or similar elemental materials.
earthwork 近义词
等同于 levee
earthwork 的近义词 4 个
等同于 rampart
等同于 trench
等同于 fortification
更多earthwork例句
- The underground earthwork at the House ranch lay near the highest point of the property, overlooking the river valley.
- The mask also points to how early Smithson came to the main motif of his most famous work, the “Spiral Jetty” earthwork from 1970.
- My words only prompt you to throw up another earthwork at the point attacked.
- On the crest of the swell Moore had thrown up a slight earthwork, which was manned when we approached.
- This conversion of earthwork into stone in the age of Severus can be paralleled from other parts of the Roman empire.
- There seemed to be a blockhouse on shore, and a kind of earthwork, near which was a flagstaff, but no flag was exhibited.
- The principal battery consisted of a semicircular earthwork, in which were embrasures for 13 guns.