Definition of rampart in English:

rampart

noun ˈrampɑːtˈræmˌpɑrt

usually ramparts

1A defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet.
（城堡或城市的）防御墙；城墙；壁垒
a castle with ramparts and a moat
Example sentencesExamples
- In the middle of Hue, however, was a virtually impregnable fortress known as the Citadel, with towers, ramparts, moats, concrete walls, and bunkers.
- Its great stone ramparts had a probable total circuit of a third of a mile and were surrounded by a 14-acre estate which included six orchards.
- They stood silhouetted on the ramparts of the castle.
- Walk From the north end of the High Street, go left to the bay below the ramparts of the ruined castle, the site of which has been a stronghold since Roman times.
- Edward II's lover, Piers Gaveston, is said to haunt the ramparts of Scarborough Castle, luring unwitting victims to their death over the walls.
- With the tributes of war and taxes, he erected tall and strong turrets at every corner of his city and strengthened the ramparts of Abeluma.
- It nestles just off the town square of Durrow, surrounded by the old rampart of the castle walls.
- The majority of the hillforts of Southern France are defended by walls or ramparts and ditches encircling hilltops which overlook important commercial or military routes.
- And framing the curving arches and flowing ramparts and parapets was the incredibly rich wood of the giant trees.
- Ashe came up to the ramparts of the castle often to reflect on events and occurrences, and generally to get away from everyone else.
- Here Fort Mackinac was built on the high bluff with stone ramparts and three blockhouses that remain today in a state park.
- These towers, called La Guaita, La Cesta, and Il Montale, are still linked by ramparts and walls constructed from the local sandstone.
- This narrow headland was defended as a cliff castle with three stone ramparts across its neck.
- Vestiges of the city's forum, basilica, temple, ramparts, bastions and oil mills are also well preserved.
- Marion, it was said, beside herself with grief, threw herself from the ramparts of Comlongon Castle in 1570.
- Take the track to the left of the castle ramparts, rounding small sewage works on its left.
- In a siege, the ramparts of the castle were often bombarded by large projectiles from catapults.
- But homes today don't normally feature ramparts, drawbridges, moats and six-foot thick stone walls to keep out unwanted visitors.
- From there, the eye glances to the craggy ramparts of Edinburgh Castle, perched in the distance.
- Earlier excavations revealed stone ramparts, a palisade and waterlogged remains in the ditches, including what looks like a wheel and a ladder.
Synonyms
defensive wall, embankment, earthwork, parapet, breastwork, battlement, stockade, palisade, bulwark, bastion, barbican, outwork, fortification
Latin vallum
rare bartizan, circumvallation
1. 1.1 A defensive or protective barrier.
  防御（或防护）墙，防御（或防护）壁垒
  the open Pacific broke on the far-off ramparts of the reef
  开阔的太平洋浪潮拍打着离沙洲有相当一段距离的防护墙。
  Example sentencesExamples
  The Egyptian's approach to the high sand rampart demonstrated simple ingenuity on their part.
  Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones.
  Chevènement thinks that the borders of the nation-state can serve as a rampart against globalization.
  For A $160, the five crew would take them for three dives on the ribbon reefs, a stack of broad shoals that run along the seaward ramparts of the Barrier Reef, 40 miles offshore.
  A short walk up a stairway to the top of the north rampart affords a view of the construction.
  I examine a photo of US Marines sheltering behind a rampart of sandbags.
  Throwing the excavated soil behind it doubles the height of the obstacle the attacker has to cross, while at the same time providing a rampart for the protection of the defenders.
  Most commoners tried to get as close to the protective ramparts as possible, building houses that clung to the steep sides of the Yantra gorges like molluscs on a rock.
  India formed the principal rampart of the British imperial system.
  From the rampart below my window a bird was singing its respects to the morning sun.
  Each man carried a stake and this was driven into the top of the rampart.
  The 40-acre monument at Sutton Bank, near Thirsk, is thought to have been surrounded by a 1.3 mile-long rampart, topped with a walkway, and to date back to about 400BC.
  He said that the rampart may be re-erected despite it being in many pieces.
  A Marine, posted with his rifle on the rampart overlooking the trench, said he reckoned 30 or 40.
  A rampart of intricate and infinitely various shapes, it gives form to the formless open sea.
  I can bare it no longer and self consciously shed my clothing and inch my way painfully across the rocks that form a natural rampart at the shoreline.
  The string of them reminded Mike of a rampart, or some other manner of fortification.
  It's, to their eyes, the last rampart against the discrimination from which they suffer in their country.
  He was the only one not standing on a rampart, but was instead leaning out a window.
  Surrounded by a concrete rampart and a barbed wire fence, the settlers' caravans are parked between the wreckage of quarters used by Egyptian officers before the territory's capture in 1967.

verb ˈrampɑːtˈræmˌpɑrt

[with object]

Fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart.
〈罕〉（用防御墙）设防，保卫；筑垒保卫
the town's streets were ramparted with tall mounds of rubble
镇上的街道垒有高高的碎石碎砖防护墙。
Synonyms
build defences round, strengthen with defensive works, secure, protect, surround

Origin

Late 16th century: from French rempart, from remparer 'fortify, take possession of again', based on Latin ante 'before' + parare 'prepare'.

Definition of rampart in US English:

rampart

nounˈræmˌpɑrtˈramˌpärt

usually ramparts

1A defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet.
（城堡或城市的）防御墙；城墙；壁垒
Example sentencesExamples
- Here Fort Mackinac was built on the high bluff with stone ramparts and three blockhouses that remain today in a state park.
- Vestiges of the city's forum, basilica, temple, ramparts, bastions and oil mills are also well preserved.
- Edward II's lover, Piers Gaveston, is said to haunt the ramparts of Scarborough Castle, luring unwitting victims to their death over the walls.
- It nestles just off the town square of Durrow, surrounded by the old rampart of the castle walls.
- Marion, it was said, beside herself with grief, threw herself from the ramparts of Comlongon Castle in 1570.
- In a siege, the ramparts of the castle were often bombarded by large projectiles from catapults.
- Its great stone ramparts had a probable total circuit of a third of a mile and were surrounded by a 14-acre estate which included six orchards.
- Take the track to the left of the castle ramparts, rounding small sewage works on its left.
- And framing the curving arches and flowing ramparts and parapets was the incredibly rich wood of the giant trees.
- Earlier excavations revealed stone ramparts, a palisade and waterlogged remains in the ditches, including what looks like a wheel and a ladder.
- From there, the eye glances to the craggy ramparts of Edinburgh Castle, perched in the distance.
- These towers, called La Guaita, La Cesta, and Il Montale, are still linked by ramparts and walls constructed from the local sandstone.
- Walk From the north end of the High Street, go left to the bay below the ramparts of the ruined castle, the site of which has been a stronghold since Roman times.
- Ashe came up to the ramparts of the castle often to reflect on events and occurrences, and generally to get away from everyone else.
- The majority of the hillforts of Southern France are defended by walls or ramparts and ditches encircling hilltops which overlook important commercial or military routes.
- With the tributes of war and taxes, he erected tall and strong turrets at every corner of his city and strengthened the ramparts of Abeluma.
- But homes today don't normally feature ramparts, drawbridges, moats and six-foot thick stone walls to keep out unwanted visitors.
- In the middle of Hue, however, was a virtually impregnable fortress known as the Citadel, with towers, ramparts, moats, concrete walls, and bunkers.
- This narrow headland was defended as a cliff castle with three stone ramparts across its neck.
- They stood silhouetted on the ramparts of the castle.
Synonyms
defensive wall, embankment, earthwork, parapet, breastwork, battlement, stockade, palisade, bulwark, bastion, barbican, outwork, fortification
1. 1.1 A defensive or protective barrier.
  防御（或防护）墙，防御（或防护）壁垒
  the open Pacific broke on the far-off ramparts of the reef
  开阔的太平洋浪潮拍打着离沙洲有相当一段距离的防护墙。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It's, to their eyes, the last rampart against the discrimination from which they suffer in their country.
  The Egyptian's approach to the high sand rampart demonstrated simple ingenuity on their part.
  A Marine, posted with his rifle on the rampart overlooking the trench, said he reckoned 30 or 40.
  He was the only one not standing on a rampart, but was instead leaning out a window.
  He said that the rampart may be re-erected despite it being in many pieces.
  From the rampart below my window a bird was singing its respects to the morning sun.
  Chevènement thinks that the borders of the nation-state can serve as a rampart against globalization.
  Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones.
  Most commoners tried to get as close to the protective ramparts as possible, building houses that clung to the steep sides of the Yantra gorges like molluscs on a rock.
  India formed the principal rampart of the British imperial system.
  A short walk up a stairway to the top of the north rampart affords a view of the construction.
  The 40-acre monument at Sutton Bank, near Thirsk, is thought to have been surrounded by a 1.3 mile-long rampart, topped with a walkway, and to date back to about 400BC.
  A rampart of intricate and infinitely various shapes, it gives form to the formless open sea.
  Surrounded by a concrete rampart and a barbed wire fence, the settlers' caravans are parked between the wreckage of quarters used by Egyptian officers before the territory's capture in 1967.
  Throwing the excavated soil behind it doubles the height of the obstacle the attacker has to cross, while at the same time providing a rampart for the protection of the defenders.
  I can bare it no longer and self consciously shed my clothing and inch my way painfully across the rocks that form a natural rampart at the shoreline.
  The string of them reminded Mike of a rampart, or some other manner of fortification.
  Each man carried a stake and this was driven into the top of the rampart.
  I examine a photo of US Marines sheltering behind a rampart of sandbags.
  For A $160, the five crew would take them for three dives on the ribbon reefs, a stack of broad shoals that run along the seaward ramparts of the Barrier Reef, 40 miles offshore.

verbˈræmˌpɑrtˈramˌpärt

[with object]

Fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart.
〈罕〉（用防御墙）设防，保卫；筑垒保卫
Synonyms
build defences round, strengthen with defensive works, secure, protect, surround

Origin

Late 16th century: from French rempart, from remparer ‘fortify, take possession of again’, based on Latin ante ‘before’ + parare ‘prepare’.

单词	rampart
释义	Definition of rampart in English: rampart noun ˈrampɑːtˈræmˌpɑrt usually ramparts 1A defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet. （城堡或城市的）防御墙；城墙；壁垒 a castle with ramparts and a moat Example sentencesExamples In the middle of Hue, however, was a virtually impregnable fortress known as the Citadel, with towers, ramparts, moats, concrete walls, and bunkers. Its great stone ramparts had a probable total circuit of a third of a mile and were surrounded by a 14-acre estate which included six orchards. They stood silhouetted on the ramparts of the castle. Walk From the north end of the High Street, go left to the bay below the ramparts of the ruined castle, the site of which has been a stronghold since Roman times. Edward II's lover, Piers Gaveston, is said to haunt the ramparts of Scarborough Castle, luring unwitting victims to their death over the walls. With the tributes of war and taxes, he erected tall and strong turrets at every corner of his city and strengthened the ramparts of Abeluma. It nestles just off the town square of Durrow, surrounded by the old rampart of the castle walls. The majority of the hillforts of Southern France are defended by walls or ramparts and ditches encircling hilltops which overlook important commercial or military routes. And framing the curving arches and flowing ramparts and parapets was the incredibly rich wood of the giant trees. Ashe came up to the ramparts of the castle often to reflect on events and occurrences, and generally to get away from everyone else. Here Fort Mackinac was built on the high bluff with stone ramparts and three blockhouses that remain today in a state park. These towers, called La Guaita, La Cesta, and Il Montale, are still linked by ramparts and walls constructed from the local sandstone. This narrow headland was defended as a cliff castle with three stone ramparts across its neck. Vestiges of the city's forum, basilica, temple, ramparts, bastions and oil mills are also well preserved. Marion, it was said, beside herself with grief, threw herself from the ramparts of Comlongon Castle in 1570. Take the track to the left of the castle ramparts, rounding small sewage works on its left. In a siege, the ramparts of the castle were often bombarded by large projectiles from catapults. But homes today don't normally feature ramparts, drawbridges, moats and six-foot thick stone walls to keep out unwanted visitors. From there, the eye glances to the craggy ramparts of Edinburgh Castle, perched in the distance. Earlier excavations revealed stone ramparts, a palisade and waterlogged remains in the ditches, including what looks like a wheel and a ladder. Synonyms defensive wall, embankment, earthwork, parapet, breastwork, battlement, stockade, palisade, bulwark, bastion, barbican, outwork, fortification Latin vallum rare bartizan, circumvallation 1.1 A defensive or protective barrier. 防御（或防护）墙，防御（或防护）壁垒 the open Pacific broke on the far-off ramparts of the reef 开阔的太平洋浪潮拍打着离沙洲有相当一段距离的防护墙。 Example sentencesExamples The Egyptian's approach to the high sand rampart demonstrated simple ingenuity on their part. Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. Chevènement thinks that the borders of the nation-state can serve as a rampart against globalization. For A $160, the five crew would take them for three dives on the ribbon reefs, a stack of broad shoals that run along the seaward ramparts of the Barrier Reef, 40 miles offshore. A short walk up a stairway to the top of the north rampart affords a view of the construction. I examine a photo of US Marines sheltering behind a rampart of sandbags. Throwing the excavated soil behind it doubles the height of the obstacle the attacker has to cross, while at the same time providing a rampart for the protection of the defenders. Most commoners tried to get as close to the protective ramparts as possible, building houses that clung to the steep sides of the Yantra gorges like molluscs on a rock. India formed the principal rampart of the British imperial system. From the rampart below my window a bird was singing its respects to the morning sun. Each man carried a stake and this was driven into the top of the rampart. The 40-acre monument at Sutton Bank, near Thirsk, is thought to have been surrounded by a 1.3 mile-long rampart, topped with a walkway, and to date back to about 400BC. He said that the rampart may be re-erected despite it being in many pieces. A Marine, posted with his rifle on the rampart overlooking the trench, said he reckoned 30 or 40. A rampart of intricate and infinitely various shapes, it gives form to the formless open sea. I can bare it no longer and self consciously shed my clothing and inch my way painfully across the rocks that form a natural rampart at the shoreline. The string of them reminded Mike of a rampart, or some other manner of fortification. It's, to their eyes, the last rampart against the discrimination from which they suffer in their country. He was the only one not standing on a rampart, but was instead leaning out a window. Surrounded by a concrete rampart and a barbed wire fence, the settlers' caravans are parked between the wreckage of quarters used by Egyptian officers before the territory's capture in 1967. verb ˈrampɑːtˈræmˌpɑrt [with object] Fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart. 〈罕〉（用防御墙）设防，保卫；筑垒保卫 the town's streets were ramparted with tall mounds of rubble 镇上的街道垒有高高的碎石碎砖防护墙。 Synonyms build defences round, strengthen with defensive works, secure, protect, surround Origin Late 16th century: from French rempart, from remparer 'fortify, take possession of again', based on Latin ante 'before' + parare 'prepare'. Definition of rampart in US English: rampart nounˈræmˌpɑrtˈramˌpärt usually ramparts 1A defensive wall of a castle or walled city, having a broad top with a walkway and typically a stone parapet. （城堡或城市的）防御墙；城墙；壁垒 Example sentencesExamples Here Fort Mackinac was built on the high bluff with stone ramparts and three blockhouses that remain today in a state park. Vestiges of the city's forum, basilica, temple, ramparts, bastions and oil mills are also well preserved. Edward II's lover, Piers Gaveston, is said to haunt the ramparts of Scarborough Castle, luring unwitting victims to their death over the walls. It nestles just off the town square of Durrow, surrounded by the old rampart of the castle walls. Marion, it was said, beside herself with grief, threw herself from the ramparts of Comlongon Castle in 1570. In a siege, the ramparts of the castle were often bombarded by large projectiles from catapults. Its great stone ramparts had a probable total circuit of a third of a mile and were surrounded by a 14-acre estate which included six orchards. Take the track to the left of the castle ramparts, rounding small sewage works on its left. And framing the curving arches and flowing ramparts and parapets was the incredibly rich wood of the giant trees. Earlier excavations revealed stone ramparts, a palisade and waterlogged remains in the ditches, including what looks like a wheel and a ladder. From there, the eye glances to the craggy ramparts of Edinburgh Castle, perched in the distance. These towers, called La Guaita, La Cesta, and Il Montale, are still linked by ramparts and walls constructed from the local sandstone. Walk From the north end of the High Street, go left to the bay below the ramparts of the ruined castle, the site of which has been a stronghold since Roman times. Ashe came up to the ramparts of the castle often to reflect on events and occurrences, and generally to get away from everyone else. The majority of the hillforts of Southern France are defended by walls or ramparts and ditches encircling hilltops which overlook important commercial or military routes. With the tributes of war and taxes, he erected tall and strong turrets at every corner of his city and strengthened the ramparts of Abeluma. But homes today don't normally feature ramparts, drawbridges, moats and six-foot thick stone walls to keep out unwanted visitors. In the middle of Hue, however, was a virtually impregnable fortress known as the Citadel, with towers, ramparts, moats, concrete walls, and bunkers. This narrow headland was defended as a cliff castle with three stone ramparts across its neck. They stood silhouetted on the ramparts of the castle. Synonyms defensive wall, embankment, earthwork, parapet, breastwork, battlement, stockade, palisade, bulwark, bastion, barbican, outwork, fortification 1.1 A defensive or protective barrier. 防御（或防护）墙，防御（或防护）壁垒 the open Pacific broke on the far-off ramparts of the reef 开阔的太平洋浪潮拍打着离沙洲有相当一段距离的防护墙。 Example sentencesExamples It's, to their eyes, the last rampart against the discrimination from which they suffer in their country. The Egyptian's approach to the high sand rampart demonstrated simple ingenuity on their part. A Marine, posted with his rifle on the rampart overlooking the trench, said he reckoned 30 or 40. He was the only one not standing on a rampart, but was instead leaning out a window. He said that the rampart may be re-erected despite it being in many pieces. From the rampart below my window a bird was singing its respects to the morning sun. Chevènement thinks that the borders of the nation-state can serve as a rampart against globalization. Against the new masonry I re-erected the old rampart of bones. Most commoners tried to get as close to the protective ramparts as possible, building houses that clung to the steep sides of the Yantra gorges like molluscs on a rock. India formed the principal rampart of the British imperial system. A short walk up a stairway to the top of the north rampart affords a view of the construction. The 40-acre monument at Sutton Bank, near Thirsk, is thought to have been surrounded by a 1.3 mile-long rampart, topped with a walkway, and to date back to about 400BC. A rampart of intricate and infinitely various shapes, it gives form to the formless open sea. Surrounded by a concrete rampart and a barbed wire fence, the settlers' caravans are parked between the wreckage of quarters used by Egyptian officers before the territory's capture in 1967. Throwing the excavated soil behind it doubles the height of the obstacle the attacker has to cross, while at the same time providing a rampart for the protection of the defenders. I can bare it no longer and self consciously shed my clothing and inch my way painfully across the rocks that form a natural rampart at the shoreline. The string of them reminded Mike of a rampart, or some other manner of fortification. Each man carried a stake and this was driven into the top of the rampart. I examine a photo of US Marines sheltering behind a rampart of sandbags. For A $160, the five crew would take them for three dives on the ribbon reefs, a stack of broad shoals that run along the seaward ramparts of the Barrier Reef, 40 miles offshore. verbˈræmˌpɑrtˈramˌpärt [with object] Fortify or surround with or as if with a rampart. 〈罕〉（用防御墙）设防，保卫；筑垒保卫 Synonyms build defences round, strengthen with defensive works, secure, protect, surround Origin Late 16th century: from French rempart, from remparer ‘fortify, take possession of again’, based on Latin ante ‘before’ + parare ‘prepare’.
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