bulwark是什么意思？

bulwark

英[ˈbʊlwək] 美[ˈbʊlwɜrk]

• n. 堡垒，保障，支柱，舷墙；
• vt. 筑垒保卫，保护，使安全；

复数：bulwarks;

例句

• Our people’s support is a bulwark against the enemy. 人民的支持是御敌的强大力量。
• That country is a bulwark of freedom. 那个国家是自由的堡垒。
• The new dam was a bulwark against future floods. 新水坝是将来抵御洪水的屏障.
• The abbeys were founded in the 12th century by King David as a bulwark against the English. 这些修道院是12世纪大卫王用来抵御英国人而修建的堡垒。
• a bulwark against extremism 坚决反对极端主义者
• The House of Lords is the only bulwark of democracy in this country. 在这个国家，上议院是唯一的民主堡垒。
• The abbeys were founded in the 12th century by King David as a bulwark against the English... 这些修道院是12世纪大卫王用来抵御英国人而修建的堡垒。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  防护；壁垒
  A bulwark against something protects you against it. A bulwark of something protects it.
  例句
  The abbeys were founded in the 12th century by King David as a bulwark against the English... 这些修道院是12世纪大卫王用来抵御英国人而修建的堡垒。 The House of Lords is the only bulwark of democracy in this country. 在这个国家，上议院是唯一的民主堡垒。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  堡垒,堤岸
  That country is a bulwark of freedom. 那个国家是自由的堡垒。
  保障；支柱
  Our people’s support is a bulwark against the enemy. 人民的支持是御敌的强大力量。

英英词典释义

• 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 fence-like structure around a deck
  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

行业词典

• 航海科技： 舷墙；
  船舶： 舷墙；露天甲板边缘处的防护围墙结构。；