breastwork

breastwork

1. Breastwork denotes a low defensive wall, especially a temporary one hurriedly built.

Breastwork 指低矮的防御墙,尤指匆忙建造的临时性防御墙。

2. "Well, here we all are," said Phineas, peeping over the stone breastwork to watch the assailants, who were coming tumultuously, up under the rocks.

“好啦,大家都过来了,”裴尼亚斯说,一面从石屏障后面探出头去窥视着悬崖下面喧嚣而上的敌人。

3. A swarthy boy opened a book and propped it nimbly under the breastwork of his satchel .

一个面色黧黑的少年打开书本,麻利地将它支在书包这座胸墙底下。

4. One day Washington walked alone in a long overcoat to the army camp, where he saw a corporal with his men building a breastwork of logs.

一天,华盛顿身着长大衣,独自一人走到营房。

5. A breastwork erected during a siege.

在围困中建起来的胸墙

6. Over the breastwork, as an attack in trench warfare

在阵地战斗中越过了胸墙的

7. I feel very much like an officer who has stormed a breastwork despite his severe wounds.

我有这么一种感觉:仿佛自己是一个不顾身负重创,攻下了一个敌军堡垒的军官。

8. Methods Perforate the outside breastwork of nasal cavity and dacryocyst underwent transnasal endoscopic used microwave and electric drill.

方法鼻内镜直视下在鼻腔外侧壁联合应用微波、电钻对骨壁及泪囊进行开窗。

9. One after another the cannon balls came whistling, striking the breastwork, the soldiers, the cannons.

炮弹一个接一个飞来,打到土墙上,打到士兵身上,大炮上。

10. The breastwork was swept off and private Ivanov and I were stunned.

胸墙被炸平,列兵Ivanov和我被震晕了。

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