bulwark

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈbʊl.wək/    美 /ˈbʊl.wək/|/ˈbʊl.wɚk/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A defensive wall or rampart.
    — Let thouſands die, their ſlaughtered Carkaſſes Shal ſerue for walles and bulwarkes to the reſt:
  2. A defense or safeguard.
    — The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence, […] the floating bulwark of the island.
  3. A breakwater.
  4. The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.
    — Entering that gable-ended Spouter-Inn, you found yourself in a wide, low, straggling entry with old-fashioned wainscots, reminding one of the bulwarks of some condemned old craft.
  5. Any means of defence or security. figuratively
    — The party stalwarts constitute the bulwark that ensures the president's term of office.
动词 v.
  1. To fortify something with a wall or rampart. transitive
  2. To provide protection of defense for something. transitive

词形变化

bulwarks plural bulwarks present,singular,third-person bulwarking participle,present bulwarked participle,past bulwarked past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English bulwerk, from Middle Dutch bolwerk, bolwerc and Middle Low German bolwerk, equivalent to bole (“tree trunk”) + work. Cognate with German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Swedish bålverk, Dutch bolwerk. Doublet of boulevard (from French boulevard, from Dutch); cognate with Portuguese and Spanish baluarte and Italian baluardo.
词源 2
From Middle English bulwerk, from Middle Dutch bolwerk, bolwerc and Middle Low German bolwerk, equivalent to bole (“tree trunk”) + work. Cognate with German Bollwerk, Danish bolværk, Swedish bålverk, Dutch bolwerk. Doublet of boulevard (from French boulevard, from Dutch); cognate with Portuguese and Spanish baluarte and Italian baluardo.
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