crenellation

n. 开枪眼的工事, 开枪眼的工程, 雉堞

发音

UK /ˌkɹɛnəlˈeɪʃən/
UK /ˌkɹɛnɪˈleɪʃən/
US /ˌkɹɛnəˈleɪʃən/

词形变化

crenellations 复数 crenellations

别名

crenelation

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A pattern along the top of a parapet (fortified wall), most often in the form of multiple, regular, rectangular spaces in the top of the wall, through which arrows or other weaponry may be shot, especially as used in medieval European architecture.

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  2. 2.

    The act of crenellating; adding a top row that looks like the top of a medieval castle.

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  3. 3.

    Any of a series of notches with fancied resemblance to such battlements, as for example around the bezel of a flashlight.

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

crenelation battlement

上位词 5

building wall construction rampart bulwark

部分词 3

crenel crenelle merlon

整体词 2

fort fortress

词源

From crenellate + -ion (suffix indicating an action or process, or its result). Crenellate is derived from French créneler (“to form the shape of a crenel, crenellate”), from Old French crenel (“crenel, embrasure”) (modern French créneau) (from Latin *crēnella, diminutive of crēna (“incision; notch”); compare Old French cren (“a notch”)) + -er (suffix forming infinitives of first conjugation verbs).

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