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enfilade

/en-fuh-leyd, -lahd, en-fuh-leyd, -lahd/US // ˈɛn fəˌleɪd, -ˌlɑd, ˌɛn fəˈleɪd, -ˈlɑd //UK // (ˌɛnfɪˈleɪd) military //

恩菲德,恩菲特,恩菲利德,恩菲力

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Military. a position of works, troops, etc., making them subject to a sweeping fire from along the length of a line of troops, a trench, a battery, etc.the fire thus directed.
    • : Architecture. an axial arrangement of doorways connecting a suite of rooms with a vista down the whole length of the suite.an axial arrangement of mirrors on opposite sides of a room so as to give an effect of an infinitely long vista.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    en·fi·lad·ed, en·fi·lad·ing.

    • : Military. to attack with an enfilade.

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Examples

  • As that big oblong crowd of Turks showed their left flank to Baikie's nine batteries they were swept in enfilade by shrapnel.

  • If successful, it was to enfilade the Wylie kopjes from that position.

  • In a gleam of sunshine, the variety of tints and lights thrown upon this enfilade, are uncommonly rich.

  • Meanwhile three Turkish brigs came to the rescue, and got into position so as to enfilade the beach.

  • They could thus, by firing eastwards from this redoubt, rake No Mans Land in direct enfilade.