rampart

• n. 壁垒；垒；防御土墙
• vt. 用壁垒围绕；防卫

来自古法语 rempart,城堡矮墙，来自 re-,再次，em-,进入，使，-par,准备，词源同 prepare,parry.

1. an embankment built around a space for defensive purposes;

"they stormed the ramparts of the city"

"they blew the trumpet and the walls came tumbling down"

rampart

rampart: [16] Rampart, which means etymologically ‘fortified place’, has a very convoluted history. Its ultimate ancestor is Latin parāre ‘prepare’ (source of English prepare). To this was added the prefix ante- ‘before’ to produce the Vulgar Latin verb *anteparāre ‘prepare for defence’. This passed via Provençal amparar into Old French as emparer ‘defend, fortify’, which had the intensive re- prefixed to it, giving remparer ‘fortify’. From this was derived the noun remper or ramper, which was altered (apparently under the influence of boulevart, source of English boulevard) to rempart or rampart – whence English rampart.
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rampart (n.)

"earthen elevation around a place for fortification," sometimes also including parapets, 1580s, from Middle French rempart, rampart, from remparer "to fortify," from re- "again" (see re-) + emparer "fortify, take possession of," from Old Provençal amparer, from Vulgar Latin *anteparare "prepare," properly "to make preparations beforehand," from Latin ante- "before" (see ante) + parare "prepare" (see pare). With excrescent -t in French, perhaps by influence of boulevart (see boulevard).

...a walk along the ramparts of the Old City.

沿着老城的城墙漫步

柯林斯高阶英语词典

Parapet applies to any low fortification, typically a wall atop a rampart.

Parapet指低矮的防御工事, 典型的是壁垒上的墙.

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Patented technology, remarkable rampart, protection by law, more reliable forgery prevention.

专利技术, 壁垒显著,法律保护, 防伪更可靠.

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At last, break down green rampart of international trade.

依据国际标准,培植绿色企业;研究国际绿色认证标准发展动态, 打破绿色贸易壁垒.

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To our right rose the high rampart of the dunes.

我们的右边是高耸的沙丘.

辞典例句

The rampart was destroyed totally.

壁垒被彻底摧毁了.

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Were we in a tin cup on top of a busted rampart.

我们是否在坍塌墙顶的一只锡杯中呆过.

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A mole can undermine the strongest rampart.

一只田鼠能毁坏最坚固的堡垒.

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Which is the longest rampart in the world?

世界上最长的城墙是 什么 ?

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Yes, an iron rampart, " he repeated, relishing his phrase.

是的, 就是铜墙铁壁, " 他很欣赏自己用的这个字眼,又重复了一遍.

飘（部分）

If you desire money, store it at the Dwarven Treasury in a Rampart.

如果你渴望财富的话,把你的钱存到壁垒城的矮人金库中吧.

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Johnston did stand like an iron rampart in the mountains above Dalton, one hundred miles away.

约翰斯顿的确像一堵铜墙铁壁屹立在多尔顿以北一百英里的山区.

飘（部分）

They had been the great rampart of the colony on the North.

他们一向是北部殖民地的坚强保垒.

辞典例句

Perhaps the tower is part of the rampart of the city.

这城楼或许就是城墙的一部分。

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