单词 | Martello tower |
释义 | Mar·tel·lo tower ![]() n. A short, circular tower, usually made of stone and located near a shoreline as a defensive fortification. [After Cape Mortella, Corsica, where such a tower was taken from French control by British forces in 1794 (influenced by Italian martello, hammer, in torre di martello, hammer tower, a kind of watchtower of the coasts and islands of the Tyrrhenian Sea from which an alarm signal was given by striking a bell with a hammer rather than by lighting a fire).] |
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