请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 scaling ladder
释义

Definition of scaling ladder in English:

scaling ladder

noun
historical
  • A ladder used for climbing fortress walls in an attempt to break a siege or for firefighting.

    〈史〉云梯;消防梯

    Example sentencesExamples
    • In the middle of August, though, the Nile had sunk so low that the ships could not approach the city walls close enough for the scaling ladders to reach.
    • Finally, going over the walls of a besieged fortress generally required scaling ladders or a siege tower.
    • All the regular techniques of siege warfare were employed: the attackers dug tunnels under the walls, and built tall siege towers which they rolled up to the walls, in order to fix their scaling ladders.
    • And of course we hark to the memory of St. Joan in her white-enamalled armor ascending the scaling ladder at Orleans, and her soldiery, with a roar, hurling themselves up beside her, in the teeth of the arrows and stones.
    • Until the early fifth century, this was a matter of putting up scaling ladders or constructing a siege mound against the city-wall while bombarding the battlements with javelins, arrows, and stones.

Definition of scaling ladder in US English:

scaling ladder

nounˈskeɪlɪŋ ˌlædərˈskāliNG ˌladər
historical
  • A ladder used for firefighting or for climbing walls in order to penetrate the defenses of a fortification.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Until the early fifth century, this was a matter of putting up scaling ladders or constructing a siege mound against the city-wall while bombarding the battlements with javelins, arrows, and stones.
    • All the regular techniques of siege warfare were employed: the attackers dug tunnels under the walls, and built tall siege towers which they rolled up to the walls, in order to fix their scaling ladders.
    • And of course we hark to the memory of St. Joan in her white-enamalled armor ascending the scaling ladder at Orleans, and her soldiery, with a roar, hurling themselves up beside her, in the teeth of the arrows and stones.
    • In the middle of August, though, the Nile had sunk so low that the ships could not approach the city walls close enough for the scaling ladders to reach.
    • Finally, going over the walls of a besieged fortress generally required scaling ladders or a siege tower.
随便看

 

英汉双解词典包含464360条英汉词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/29 1:54:22