breakwater

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈbɹeɪkˌwɔːtə/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside.
    — […]there is a channel, some three miles wide between the city and the mainland, and some mile and a half wide between it and the sandy breakwater called the Lido, which divides the lagoon from the Adriatic,
  2. A low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers.
  3. A wooden or concrete barrier, usually perpendicular to the shore, intended to prevent the movement of sand along a coast.

词形变化

breakwaters plural

词源

From break + water. Compare Dutch breekwater (“breakwater”). Compare firebreak.
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