Buckler
['bʌklə] or ['bʌklɚ]
解释:
(n.) A kind of shield, of various shapes and sizes, worn on one of the arms (usually the left) for protecting the front of the body.
(n.) One of the large, bony, external plates found on many ganoid fishes.
(n.) The anterior segment of the shell of trilobites.
(n.) A block of wood or plate of iron made to fit a hawse hole, or the circular opening in a half-port, to prevent water from entering when the vessel pitches.
(v. t.) To shield; to defend.
校对:凯特
同义词及近义词:
n. [1]. Shield, ægis.[2]. Defence, protection, safeguard.
手打:米格尔
例句:
- The guide showed us the veritable armor worn by the great son-in-law and successor of Mahomet, and also the buckler of Mahomet's uncle. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The friar was now completely accoutred as a yeoman, with sword and buckler, bow, and quiver, and a strong partisan over his shoulder. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Thus speaking, he opened another hutch, and took out from it a couple of broadswords and bucklers, such as were used by the yeomanry of the period. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- I think she bucklered herself with the secret philosophy of her strong mind, and resolved to forget what it irked her to remember. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
手打:莉莲