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embrasure

/em-brey-zher/US // ɛmˈbreɪ ʒər //UK // (ɪmˈbreɪʒə) //

枪眼,枪膛,枪栓,枪眼儿

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an opening, as a loophole or crenel, through which missiles may be discharged.
    • : Architecture. a splayed enlargement of a door or window toward the inner face of a wall.
    • : Dentistry. the space between adjacent teeth.

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Examples

  • I leaned back in the embrasure in a more comfortable position, so that I could enjoy more fully the aerial gambolling.

  • I turned with a gasp of excitement and satisfaction: yes, the embrasure of the wall was deep enough; what a wall it was!

  • The bank was a parapet, behind which the gunboats crouched, firing up the bayou as through an embrasure.

  • The men who work these guns now do not need to see the enemy, even through the porthole or the embrasure.

  • The day before yesterday he saw the smoke from an embrasure on his left and heard a shell coming, but did not see it.