circumvallate
circumvallate
[ˌsəːkəmˈvaleɪt]
verb
[ˌsəːkəmˈvaleɪt]
verb
- [with obj.](poetic/literary)surround or surrounding with or as if with a rampart
(诗/文)（似）用（城墙，壁垒）围绕
the walls were circumvallated with a ditch.
墙四周围着一道水沟。
- (poetic/literary)surrounded or surrounding as if by a rampart
(诗/文)（似）有城墙（或壁垒）围绕的
we looked at the circumvallate mountains.
我们看着四周铜墙铁壁似的群山。
■(Anatomy)denoting certain papillae near the back of the tongue, surrounded by taste receptors
(剖)乳突的
- mid 17th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin circumvallat- 'surrounded with a rampart', from the verb circumvallare, from circum 'around' + vallare, from vallum 'rampart'. The verb dates from the early 19th cent
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