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堡壘 堡垒 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bastion noun A projecting section of a fort or castle wall, built to give defenders a better line of fire.
  • bulwark noun A defensive wall or rampart.

Senses

堡壘 堡垒 is used for these senses in English:

  • bastion (architecture) A projecting part of a rampart or other fortification.
  • bulwark A defensive wall or rampart.

bastion — full definition

  1. noun A projecting section of a fort or castle wall, built to give defenders a better line of fire.
  2. noun A place, group, or person that firmly protects and upholds something, such as an idea or value.

bulwark — full definition

  1. noun A defensive wall or rampart.
  2. noun A defense or safeguard.
  3. noun A breakwater.
  4. noun 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.