breastwork
英 ['brestˌwɜ:k]
美 ['brestˌwɜk]
- n. 赶工做成的防壁；矮防护墙，临时胸墙
记忆方法
将“breastwork”分解记忆，联想为“breast”（胸）+ “work”（工作）。想象一个胸脯覆盖的防护结构，如船舰上的胸板，这样就能记住“breastwork”指的是船舶或其他构造上的胸板或防护板。
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英语词源
- breastwork (n.)
- "fieldwork thrown up breast-high for defense," 1640s, from breast (n.) + work (n.) in "fortification" sense. Old English had breostweall in same sense.
权威例句
- 1. I feel very much like an officer who has stormed a breastwork despite his severe wounds.
- 我有这么一种感觉:仿佛自己是一个不顾身负重创,攻下了一个敌军堡垒的军官.
- 2. A swarthy boy opened a book and propped it nimbly under the breastwork of his satchel.
- 一个面色黧黑的少年打开书本,麻利地将它支在书包这座胸墙底下.