turret

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n. 塔楼, 角楼, 攻城用仰冲车 [机] 转塔, 多角刀架

发音

UK /ˈtʌɹ.ɪt/
其它
US /ˈtʌɹ.ɪt/
UK /ˈtʊɹ.ɪt/
US /ˈtʊɹ.ɪt/
US /ˈtɝ.ɪt/

词形变化

turrets 复数 turrets

别名

ridge turret

释义与例句

n. C2
  1. 1.

    A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.

    建筑

    Their Victorian house had three turrets and a large amount of gingerbread trim.

    There breathes no being but has some pretence / To that fine instinct called poetic sense; […] / The freeman, casting with unpurchased hand / The vote that shakes the turrets of the land.

  2. 2.

    A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.

    历史 政治 军事
  3. 3.

    A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).

    商务 工程 物理 电子
  4. 4.

    An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.

    政治 军事
  5. 5.

    The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.

    交通
  6. 6.

    A turret head.

    商务 工程
  7. 7.

    The central conical ornament atop a spinning roulette wheel.

    游戏

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词源

From Middle English touret, from Old French torete (French tourette), diminutive of tour (“tower”), from Latin turris. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and tower. See tower.

来源:wiktionary