bulwark

n. 保障, 壁垒, 防波堤

发音

AU /ˈbʊl.wək/
UK /ˈbʊl.wək/
US /ˈbʊl.wɚk/
其它 /ˈbʉl.wəɹk/
SCOT /ˈbʉl.wəɹk/

词形变化

bulwarks 复数 bulwarks bulwarked bulwarking bulwarks 三单 bulwarking 现在分词 bulwarked 过去式 bulwarked 过去分词

别名

bulward

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A defensive wall or rampart.

  2. 2.

    A defense or safeguard.

  3. 3.

    A breakwater.

  4. 4.

    The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.

    航海 交通
  5. 5.

    Any means of defence or security.

    比喻

    The party stalwarts constitute the bulwark that ensures the president's term of office.

v.
  1. 1.

    To fortify something with a wall or rampart.

    及物
  2. 2.

    To provide protection of defense for something.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

wall mole groin jetty rampart breakwater groyne sea wall

上位词 2

barrier embankment

下位词 7

bailey battlement crenelation crenellation earthwork fraise merlon

整体词 3

ship fortification munition
动词

上位词 1

defend

词源

From Middle English bulwerk, from Middle Dutch bolwerk, bolwerc and Middle Low German bolwerk, equivalent to bole (“tree trunk”) + work. Cognate with German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Swedish bålverk, Dutch bolwerk. Doublet of boulevard (from French boulevard, from Dutch); cognate with Portuguese and Spanish baluarte and Italian baluardo.

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