| 词汇 | drawbridge |
| 释义 | drawbridge noun[ C ] uk /ˈdrɔː.brɪdʒ/ us /ˈdrɑː.brɪdʒ/ a bridge that can be raised or brought down in order to protect a castle from attack or to allow big boats to go under it（旧时城堡等的）吊桥;（使大型船只能够通过的）开合桥 Amanda Hall / robertharding/GettyImages Fortifications acropolis barricade bastion battlements castle citadel earthwork enceinte entanglement fort Fort Knox Martello tower moat moated motte motte-and-bailey castle pillbox storm cellar stronghold turret You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Bridges A gate-house, with a drawbridge commands the entrance. But the drawbridge was up. The drawbridge lowered, and open swung the gates. The sometime moat was now full of smooth, green grass, and the drawbridge no longer remains. There were two drawbridges—seldom used but always practicable. Examples of drawbridgedrawbridge So doing will send the trolley up the ramp of the open drawbridge and into the air, where it will hit one person standing on a pedestrian bridge overhead. What we need is partnership, and not the drawbridge mentality of the nationalists. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I was teetering on the edge of the drawbridge, but withdrew very quickly. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not talking about raising the drawbridge. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English Pulling up the drawbridge or pretending that the problem does not exist is not responsible government. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The people in it tilled the land outside, going over by the drawbridge of the castle, and it was a happy community. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Surely we cannot pull up a drawbridge and say that we do not need to account for ourselves in the way we conduct our affairs. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We must avoid the drawbridge being pulled up by the premiership, especially when club directors see the money that is available. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I suspect that that is where he is tonight and that the drawbridge is up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was a barbed wire enclosure surrounded by a stake moat and provided with a drawbridge. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am not too sure whether arks have drawbridges, but the analogy is right. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There is nothing wrong with that, but the drawbridge is being pulled up after them to prevent other parents having the same choices and opportunities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 For the moment, the drawbridge is effectively up, and there is fury and anger on both sides. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is said that replacing the drawbridges with fixed bridges will ultimately save the taxpayer a good deal of money. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Externally, the prison chaplain can lower the drawbridge to the community outside. 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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