| 词汇 | rampart |
| 释义 | rampart noun[ Cusually plural ] uk /ˈræm.pɑːt/ us /ˈræm.pɑːrt/ a large wall built round a town, castle, etc. to protect it（城市、城堡等周围的）防御土墙，壁垒 Synonym wall Fortifications acropolis barricade bastion battlements castle citadel drawbridge earthwork enceinte entanglement fort machicolation Martello tower moat moated motte pillbox storm cellar stronghold turret Examples of rampartrampart Formerly, most towns had a modest stronghold or rampart. Newly minted "radicals" mounted the ramparts, denouncing "liberalism" in terms even more sweeping and indiscriminate than those employed by the right today. Volcanic structures, such as hornitos and spatter ramparts, are absent, as magma was almost completely degassed (low vesicle content in the lava body). What if modern cultural institutions were not the organization of that possibility of endless social chatter, but also the rampart against it? The contexts tended to be public or at least highly visible: burials and tombs, buildings and ramparts that were impressive when viewed from outside, gold that might be worn anywhere. The horizontality of the rampart walls is enhanced by the structure of the curtain consisting of steel rails spanning in uneven vertical intervals from party walls to party walls. Let us see that our productivity, our work and our administration are such that the ramparts are safely guarded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The naval forces are really the ramparts protecting this country. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Poverty, distress and unemployment were rampart in most colonies whilst public health facilities were almost everywhere at a deplorably low level. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These are the ramparts we guard; these are the treasures that we cherish. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As it happens, most of those are in my constituency, and many of them in the private rented sector, where landlordism is rampart. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I believe that it will buttress the ramparts of the criminal justice system, and reinforce the protection of the citizen and his family. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For defence purposes, for safety and security, men banded themselves together and established themselves as town-dwellers, building walls and ramparts around their habitations. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The commanding officer therefore decided to place a guard on the ramparts to stop any repetition of such incidents. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even if we get round this point, the ramparts and baileys will still exist. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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