parapet

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A low protective wall.
    — Engineers will be closely checking the bridge for damage beyond the obvious smashed parapets.
  2. Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
    — Maccario, it was evident, did not care to take the risk of blundering upon a picket, and a man led them by twisting paths until at last the hacienda rose blackly before them. Appleby could see it dimly, a blur of shadowy buildings with the ridge of roof parapet alone cutting hard and sharp against the clearing sky.
  3. A fortification consisting of a wall.
    — Obviously if you have only a few days in which to train a soldier, you must teach him the things he will most need; how to take cover, how to advance across open ground, how to mount guards and build a parapet – above all, how to use his weapons.

词形变化

parapets plural

词汇关系

衍生词
keep one's head below the parapet parapeted parapetless parapetlike parapetted put one's head above the parapet

词源

From Middle French parapet, from Italian parapetto.
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