A postern was opened and they passed into a courtyard.
后门打开,他们走进了一个院子。
潘潘
Just then, a worker came into the office from the postern.
正在那时,一个工人从后门走进办公室。
冰与火之歌:群鸦的盛宴(中英对照)
" It's too dangerous. Those stones looked loose to me, and that red ivy's poisonous. There has to be a postern gate" .
" 不行,太危险。那儿的石头是松的,而且红色的蔓藤有毒。找门吧,城堡定然有边门。"
新天方夜谭(上)
Almost immediately after the postern door was cautiously opened, a white face was protruded into the lane, and a hand was seen beckoning to the watchers.
几乎就在后门被小心翼翼地打开后,一张白脸伸进了巷子里,一只手向观察者招手。
冰与火之歌:列王的纷争(中英对照)
" Blades" ! Yoren shouted. " Spread apart, defend the wall wherever they hit. Koss, Urreg, hold the postern. Lommy, pull that spear out of Woth and get up where he was" .
The cab was discharged, and the three gentlemen were not long in discovering the small door, which was a sort of postern in a lane between two garden walls.
马车下车了,三位先生很快就发现了那扇小门,那是两堵花园围墙之间小巷里的一种后门。
新天方夜谭(下)
As he was approaching the postern door by which he always entered when alone, a man stepped forth from the shadow and presented himself with an obeisance in the Prince's path.
当他走近他总是独自一人进入的后门时,一个男人从阴影中走出来,向王子行了一礼。
呼啸山庄(精简版)
He sat within earshot, milking the cows by the light of a lantern, which I seized unceremoniously, and, calling out that I would send it back on the morrow, rushed to the nearest postern.
A postern is a secondary door or gate in a fortification such as a city wall or castle curtain wall. Posterns were often located in a concealed location which allowed the occupants to come and go inconspicuously. In the event of a siege, a postern could act as a sally port, allowing defenders to make a sortie on the besiegers.