Rampart



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n.壁垒; 城墙
• ［英］ n.壁垒 ( a protective barrier; bulwark) ; 城墙 ( a broad embarkment raised as a fortification)

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle French, from ramparer to fortify, from re- + emparer to defend, from Old Occitan emparar, from Vulgar Latin *imparare, from Latin in- ［sup］2［/sup］in- + parare to prepare — more at pare
• Date: 1536
• 1. a protective barrier ; bulwark
• 2. a broad embankment raised as a fortification and usually surmounted by a parapet
• 3. a wall-like ridge (as of rock fragments, earth, or debris)

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