Turret
['tʌrɪt] or [ˈtərɪt]
解释:
(n.) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the angles of a larger structure.
(n.) A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
(n.) A revolving tower constructed of thick iron plates, within which cannon are mounted. Turrets are used on vessels of war and on land.
(n.) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car. Its sides are pierced for light and ventilation.
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同义词及近义词：
n. Minaret, pinnacle, small tower.
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解释:
n. a small tower on a building and rising above it: a movable building containing soldiers engines &c. used in medieval sieges: a tower often revolving for offensive purposes on land and water: the raised portion above an American railroad car for ventilation &c.—adj. Turr′eted furnished with turrets: formed like a tower.—ns. Turr′et-gun a gun designed for use in a revolving turret; Turr′et-ship an ironclad ship-of-war whose guns are placed in one or more revolving turrets placed on deck.—adjs. Turric′ulate -d having small turrets.
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例句:
- In the spring of 1862 the Monitor met the Merrimac in engagement in Hampton Roads, and established the great value of the turret monitor. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- One turret was now in bright flames, which flashed out furiously from window and shot-hole. 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- One thing has been much on her mind since their late interview in his turret-room at Chesney Wold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The stars are shining as they shone above the turret-leads at Chesney Wold. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- Eleven o'clock has just struck, in a ghostly and solemn manner, from a turret over the centre of the house, which I saw when I came in. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- Largest diameter of turret, 393 inches. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- We found Mr. Micawber at his desk, in the turret office on the ground floor, either writing, or pretending to write, hard. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Over against this temple, on the other side of the great highway, at twenty feet distance, there was a turret at least five feet high. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
- It is a turret chamber of the third order of merit, plainly but comfortably furnished and having an old-fashioned business air. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The Monadnock, which is a double-turret coast defence monitor, is shown in Fig. 118. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Weight of turret, 192. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Would you send us out among these desperate hordes, with no salvation in our utmost need but this old turret? 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- It slid before the Lime Rock, blotted out Ida Lewis's little house, and passed across the turret in which the light was hung. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- He melted out of his turret-room this morning, just as now, in the late twilight, he melts into his own square. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The clock in the turret struck the quarter to twelve as they settled themselves in their chairs. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
- In recent great battleships four turrets are used, each carrying three of these great guns, giving a broadside of twelve of these monster weapons of war. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- A battleship thus armed is able to fire six guns ahead and six astern by raising the second and third turrets so as to fire over the others. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- That church, whose dark, half-ruinous turrets overlooked the square, was the venerable and formerly opulent shrine of the Magi. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
- On the turrets the armor is from 6 to 15 inches thick, and on the barbettes it is from 6 to 17 inches thick. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- The spiky points of the fir trees behind the house rose into the sky like the turrets and pinnacles of an abbey. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- From the mountain's peak its broken turrets rise above the groves of ancient oaks and olives, and look wonderfully picturesque. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Powerful as these guns appear to be, their big brothers in the revolving turrets are far more so. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Her side armor is 3 inches thick, her turrets 5? inches, her barbettes from 4 to 8 inches, and her deck from 3 to 6 inches. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
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