bulwarks是什么意思？

bulwarks

• n. 堡垒( bulwark的名词复数 )，保障，支柱，舷墙；

例句

• Bulwarks upper deck where deck log cargoes to be loaded, shall be designed to suit accordingly. 甲板上要装原木的舷墙应该根据需要设计.
• Surgery and X - irradiation nevertheless remain the bulwarks of cancer treatment throughout the world. 外科手术和 X 射线疗法依然是全世界治疗癌症的主要方法.
• The freedom of the press is one of the great bulwarks of liberty. 新闻自由是自由最大的保障之一.

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。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a fence-like structure around a deck