embrasure

n. 枪眼, 炮眼 [医] 楔状隙

发音

其它 /ɪmˈbɹeɪʒə(ɹ)/

词形变化

embrasures 复数 embrasures

别名

embrazure

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of the indentations between the merlons of a battlement; an opening in a wall or parapet through which ordnance can be fired.

    垛口

    建筑 政治 军事

    Near-synonym: crenel (sometimes hyponymous technically)

  2. 2.

    Any small protected space.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    The slanting indentation in a wall for a door or window, such that the space is larger on the inside than the outside.

  4. 4.

    An embrace.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

port porthole

上位词 1

opening

词源

From French embrasure, from embras(er) + -ure, from Old French embrasure (“cut at a slant, make a groove or furrow”), from em- + braser (“cut at a slant”).

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