gabion

篾筐,金属筐

发音

/ˈɡeɪ.bi.ən/

词形变化

gabions 复数 gabions

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A cylindrical basket or cage of wicker which was filled with earth or stones and used in fortifications and other engineering work (a precursor to the sandbag).

    历史 政治 军事
  2. 2.

    A woven wire mesh unit, sometimes rectangular, made from a continuous mesh panel and filled with stones sometimes coated with polyvinyl chloride.

  3. 3.

    A porous metal cylinder filled with stones and used in a variety of civil engineering contexts, especially in the construction of retaining walls, the reinforcing of steep slopes, or in the prevention of erosion in river banks.

    工程
  4. 4.

    A knickknack, objet d'art, curiosity, collectable.

    Reliquiae Trotcosienses: Or, the Gabions of the Late Jonathan Oldbuck Esq. of Monkbarns — title of unfinished novel by Walter Scott.

词源

Borrowed from Italian gabbione, augmentative of gabbia (“cage”), itself from Latin cavea (whence also English jail, English cajole), from Latin cavus (whence also English cage, English cave).

来源：wiktionary