| 单词 | martello tower |
| 释义 | martello tower (once / 69937 pages) n WORD FAMILY martello tower: martello towers USAGE EXAMPLESMartello towers are small defensive forts - usually coastal - built during the 19th Century. BBC(Jan 22, 2016) We’re shacked up just on that hill by the old Martello tower. The New Yorker(Aug 05, 2013) Great preparations were then making for building forts and Martello towers along the coast, to oppose any invasion. Cobbold, Richard, The History of Margaret Catchpole—A...(2012) n a circular masonry fort for coastal defence Hyper fort, fortress a fortified defensive structure |
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