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parapet

/par-uh-pit, -pet/US // ˈpær ə pɪt, -ˌpɛt //UK // (ˈpærəpɪt, -ˌpɛt) //

栏杆,护栏,拦腰斩断,拦腰斩

Related Words

defense辩护,防卫,防守,防御buttress对接,对接点,对接的方式barrier障碍物,屏障,壁垒,关卡protection保护,保护措施,保护工作,保护作用fortification工事,筑城,筑堤,设防partition分区,隔断,分割区,分割buffet自助餐,自助餐厅,自助餐会,自助服务bastion堡垒,基地,城堡,垒石barricade路障,障碍物,街垒,拦截embankment堤坝,堤岸,堤防,筑堤rampart壁垒,城墙,垒垒,垒垒石safeguard保障,保护,保卫,维护

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Fortification. a defensive wall or elevation, as of earth or stone, in a fortification.an elevation raised above the main wall or rampart of a permanent fortification.
    • : any low protective wall or barrier at the edge of a balcony, roof, bridge, or the like.

Synonyms & Antonyms

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Synonyms
barricade路障,障碍物,街垒,拦截barrier障碍物,屏障,壁垒,关卡bastion堡垒,基地,城堡,垒石buffet自助餐,自助餐厅,自助餐会,自助服务buttress对接,对接点,对接的方式defense辩护,防卫,防守,防御embankment堤坝,堤岸,堤防,筑堤fortification工事,筑城,筑堤,设防partition分区,隔断,分割区,分割protection保护,保护措施,保护工作,保护作用rampart壁垒,城墙,垒垒,垒垒石safeguard保障,保护,保卫,维护protective wall保护墙,防护墙,护墙,保护壁

Examples

  • The head of this family, atop his roof with the rest, poked his head gingerly above the parapet, fearing the worst.

  • Then a German soldier popped up from behind a parapet and fired.

  • He had seen through a powerful naval glass some figures standing erect and silhouetted against the sky on the parapet.

  • The old man, grizzled, tanned and seamed, leant weakly against the parapet.

  • They met by the parapet of the Quai, just as Père Bracasse had come to the end of his incantation.

  • After the first short spell of shelling our men fixed bayonets and lifted them high above the parapet.

  • On the bridge he paused and, gripping the parapet, made a surprise attack upon his enemy.

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