bulwark

英 ['bʊlwək] 美 ['bʊlwɜːrk]

• n. 壁垒；保障；防波堤
• (复) bulwarks:（船的）舷墙.
• v. 用堡垒防护

英英释义

Noun:

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"
   

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

Verb:

1. defend with a bulwark

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Our people's support is a bulwark against the enemy.
   人民的支持就是抗拒敌人的堡垒。
2. Democracy is a bulwark of freedom.
   民主是自由的保障。
3. The dam will be a bulwark against floods.
   这防波堤可以堤防洪水。

经典引文

• He stood, the bulwark of the Grecian band.

  出自： Pope

• Preserving human learning as a bulwark to theology.

  出自： H. Hallam

• Rupert's strong, full reassuring presence, a completely effective bulwark against anxiety of any kind.

  出自： I. Murdoch

词汇搭配

• bulwark plating 舷墙板
• bulwark rail 舷墙扶手
• bulwark stay 舷墙支柱

近反义词

【近义词】

• defense 防卫
• safeguard 保卫者
• protection 保护
• jetty 码头
• dike 堤坝
• entrenchment 掘壕沟
• security 安全
• rampart 垒
• wall 墙壁
• fortification 防御工事（尤指堡垒、要塞...
• embankment 堤防
• earthwork 土方工程
• barricade 【C】路障
• defence 防御
• buttress 扶墙
• buffer 缓冲
• barrier 栅栏
• breakwater 防波堤
• seawall 海塘
• groin 腹股沟
• mole 痣
• groyne 防波堤