| 单词 | stockade |
| 释义 | stockadeDefence stock·ade /stɒˈkeɪd $ stɑː-/ noun [countableC usually singular] PMDa fence built from long thick pieces of wood pushed into the ground, used to defend a place 〔防御用的〕栅栏，围桩 Examples from the Corpus stockade• The fort, an enclosed stockade, is a quarter-mile walk away.• An extra measure of safety came from a high stockade.• The inhabitants huddle around huge log fires in timber halls protected by massive stockades.• More pirates were starting to climb into the stockade.• She said the police would come to take me into the stockade like the cruel and wild animal I was.• Two men were outside the stockade, one waving a white cloth.• The principle is that the stockade will give but not break.• Suddenly, guns were fired again, and a group of pirates ran from the woods and on to the stockade. (1600-1700) Spanish estacada, from estaca “pointed stick” |
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