bastion

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbæsti.ən/|/ˈbastɪjən/    美 /ˈbæsti.ən/|/ˈbæsti.ən/|/ˈbæst͡ʃən/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
    — […] Fort Camosun had swelled herself from being a little Hudson's Bay Fort, inside a stockade with bastions at the corners, into being the little town of Victoria, and the capital of British Columbia.
  2. A well-fortified position; a stronghold or citadel.
  3. A person, group, or thing, that strongly defends some principle. figuratively
    — a bastion of hope
  4. Any large prominence; something that resembles a bastion in size and form.
    — […] yonder cloud That rises upward always higher, ⁠And onward drags a labouring breast, ⁠And topples round the dreary west, A looming bastion fringed with fire.
动词 v.
  1. To furnish with a bastion. transitive

词形变化

bastions plural bastions present,singular,third-person bastioning participle,present bastioned participle,past bastioned past

词汇关系

衍生词
bastioned bastion forest bastionlike tower bastion
相关词
bastille

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”).
词源 2
First attested in 1562. From French bastion, from Old French bastille (“fortress”).
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