bulwark 音标拼音: [b'ʊlwɚk]
n . 壁垒,防波堤
壁垒,防波堤
bulwark n 1 :
an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes ;
"
they stormed the ramparts of the city "; "
they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down " [
synonym : {
rampart },
{
bulwark }, {
wall }]
2 :
a fencelike structure around a deck (
usually plural )
3 :
a protective structure of stone or concrete ;
extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away [
synonym : {
breakwater }, {
groin }, {
groyne }, {
mole }, {
bulwark },
{
seawall }, {
jetty }]
v 1 :
defend with a bulwark Bulwark \
Bul "
wark \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Bulwarked };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Bulwarking }.]
To fortify with ,
or as with ,
a rampart or wall ;
to secure by fortification ;
to protect .
[
1913 Webster ]
Of some proud city ,
bulwarked round and armed With rising towers . --
Glover .
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1913 Webster ]
Bulwark \
Bul "
wark \,
n . [
Akin to D .
bolwerk ,
G .
bollwerk ,
Sw .
bolwerk ,
Dan .
bolv [
aum ]
rk ,
bulv [
aum ]
rk ,
rampart ;
akin to G .
bohle plank ,
and werk work ,
defense .
See {
Bole }
stem ,
and {
Work },
n .,
and cf . {
Boulevard }.]
1 . (
Fort .)
A rampart ;
a fortification ;
a bastion or outwork .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
That which secures against an enemy ,
or defends from attack ;
any means of defense or protection .
[
1913 Webster ]
The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense , . . .
the floating bulwark of our island . --
Blackstone .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
pl . (
Naut .)
The sides of a ship above the upper deck ,
usually a fencelike structure around the deck .
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Syn :
See {
Rampart }.
[
1913 Webster ]
176 Moby Thesaurus words for "
bulwark ":
abatis ,
abutment ,
advanced work ,
aegis ,
arc -
boutant ,
arch dam ,
arm guard ,
backstop ,
balistraria ,
bamboo curtain ,
bank ,
banquette ,
bar ,
barbed -
wire entanglement ,
barbican ,
barrage ,
barricade ,
barrier ,
bartizan ,
bastion ,
battlement ,
beam ,
bear -
trap dam ,
beaver dam ,
boom ,
breakwater ,
breastwork ,
brick wall ,
buffer ,
bulkhead ,
bumper ,
buttress ,
buttress pier ,
buttressing ,
casemate ,
cheval -
de -
frise ,
circumvallation ,
citadel ,
cofferdam ,
contraceptive ,
contravallation ,
copyright ,
counterscarp ,
cover ,
crash helmet ,
curtain ,
cushion ,
dam ,
dashboard ,
defend ,
defense ,
demibastion ,
dike ,
ditch ,
dodger ,
drawbridge ,
earthwork ,
embankment ,
enclosure ,
entanglement ,
escarp ,
escarpment ,
face mask ,
fence ,
fend ,
fender ,
fieldwork ,
finger guard ,
flying buttress ,
foot guard ,
fort ,
fortalice ,
fortification ,
fortress ,
fuse ,
gate ,
glacis ,
goggles ,
governor ,
gravity dam ,
groin ,
guard ,
guardrail ,
hand guard ,
handrail ,
hanging buttress ,
hard hat ,
helmet ,
hydraulic -
fill dam ,
insulation ,
interlock ,
iron curtain ,
jam ,
jetty ,
jutty ,
knee guard ,
knuckle guard ,
laminated glass ,
leaping weir ,
levee ,
life preserver ,
lifeline ,
lightning conductor ,
lightning rod ,
logjam ,
loophole ,
lunette ,
machicolation ,
mantelet ,
mask ,
merlon ,
milldam ,
moat ,
mole ,
mound ,
mudguard ,
nose guard ,
outwork ,
pad ,
padding ,
palisade ,
palladium ,
parados ,
parapet ,
patent ,
pier ,
pier buttress ,
pilot ,
portcullis ,
postern gate ,
preventive ,
prophylactic ,
protect ,
protective clothing ,
protective umbrella ,
rampart ,
ravelin ,
redan ,
redoubt ,
retaining wall ,
roadblock ,
rock -
fill dam ,
safeguard ,
safety ,
safety glass ,
safety plug ,
safety rail ,
safety shoes ,
safety switch ,
safety valve ,
sally port ,
scarp ,
sconce ,
screen ,
seat belt ,
seawall ,
secure ,
shelter ,
shield ,
shin guard ,
shoulder ,
shutter dam ,
stockade ,
stone wall ,
stronghold ,
sun helmet ,
tenaille ,
umbrella ,
vallation ,
vallum ,
wall ,
weir ,
wicket dam ,
windscreen ,
windshield ,
work
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