Outwork
[autwә:k]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) subsidiary defensive structure lying outside the main fortified area; 'the outworks of the castle'.
校對:雷明顿--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(v. t.) To exceed in working; to work more or faster than.
(n.) A minor defense constructed beyond the main body of a work, as a ravelin, lunette, hornwork, etc.
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解釋/意思:
n. a work outside the principal wall or line of fortification: work done in the fields out of doors as distinguished from indoor work.—v.t. Outwork′ (Shak.) to surpass in work or labour: to work out or bring to an end: to finish.—n. Out′worker one who works out of doors or who takes away work to do at home.
編輯:鲁弗斯
例句/造句/用法:
- The stout yeoman Locksley was the first who was aware of it, as he was hasting to the outwork, impatient to see the progress of the assault. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The postern gate shakes, continued Rebecca; it crashes--it is splintered by his blows--they rush in--the outwork is won--Oh, God! 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- We lost the outwork on our part. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- Here, screened by the outwork, she waited. 湯瑪斯·哈代. 還鄉.
- In the outwork was a sallyport corresponding to the postern of the castle, and the whole was surrounded by a strong palisade. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- They readily agreed that the point of greatest danger was that opposite to the outwork of which the assailants had possessed themselves. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The camp outside the fort was intrenched, with rifle pits and outworks two miles back on the road to Donelson and Dover. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
編輯:诺拉