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单词 testudo
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Definition of testudo in English:

testudo

nounPlural testudines, Plural testudos tɛˈstjuːdəʊtɛˈstuːdəʊtɛˈst(j)udoʊ
  • 1(in ancient Rome) a wheeled screen with an arched roof, used to protect besieging troops.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was usually the same men in each testudo as each had to know exactly where he was to be placed.
    • When the bombardment failed, Salisbury's men built a testudo or "tortoise," a wheeled covered shed under which his men worked battering rams.
    • Miles did attempt to make a contribution to operations in Cuba, in the form of a little invention based on the ancient Roman testudo.
    1. 1.1 A protective screen formed by a body of troops holding their shields above their heads in such a way that the shields overlap.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Roman soldiers used to form a testudo or tortoise, by some putting their shields over their heads and others in front.
      • The testudo, the tortoise formation, involved raising the scutums into a shell.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin, literally 'tortoise', from testa 'tile, shell'.

Rhymes

escudo, judo, ludo, pseudo, Trudeau
 
 

Definition of testudo in US English:

testudo

nounteˈst(y)o͞odōtɛˈst(j)udoʊ
  • 1(in ancient Rome) a screen on wheels and with an arched roof, used to protect besieging troops.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Miles did attempt to make a contribution to operations in Cuba, in the form of a little invention based on the ancient Roman testudo.
    • When the bombardment failed, Salisbury's men built a testudo or "tortoise," a wheeled covered shed under which his men worked battering rams.
    • It was usually the same men in each testudo as each had to know exactly where he was to be placed.
    1. 1.1 A protective screen formed by a body of troops holding their shields above their heads in such a way that the shields overlap.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Roman soldiers used to form a testudo or tortoise, by some putting their shields over their heads and others in front.
      • The testudo, the tortoise formation, involved raising the scutums into a shell.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin, literally ‘tortoise’, from testa ‘tile, shell’.

 
 
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