bastion
/ˈbæstɪən/noun
1- a projecting part of a fortification built at an angle to the line of a wall, so as to allow defensive fire in several directions棱堡。
1.1
- a natural rock formation resembling such a fortification棱堡状岩石。
1.2
- figurative an institution, place, or person strongly maintaining particular principles, attitudes, or activities〈喻〉堡垒; 坚定分子：
cricket's last bastion of discrimination.
歧视板球的最后堡垒。
词源
mid 16th cent.: from French， from Italian bastione, from bastire 'build'.