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单词 palisade
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
pal•i•sade /ˌpæləˈseɪd/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a fence or stakes set firmly in the ground to defend an area.
  2. palisades, [plural] a line of cliffs.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
pal•i•sade  (pal′ə sād),USA pronunciation n., v., -sad•ed, -sad•ing. 
n. 
  1. a fence of pales or stakes set firmly in the ground, as for enclosure or defense.
  2. any of a number of pales or stakes pointed at the top and set firmly in the ground in a close row with others to form a defense.
  3. Plant Biology[Bot.]See palisade parenchyma. 
  4. palisades, a line of cliffs.

v.t. 
  1. to furnish or fortify with a palisade.
  • Old Provencal palissada, equivalent. to paliss(a) paling (derivative of pal stake, pale2) + -ada -ade1
  • French palissade
  • 1590–1600

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
palisade /ˌpælɪˈseɪd/ n
  1. a strong fence made of stakes driven into the ground, esp for defence
  2. one of the stakes used in such a fence
vb
  1. (transitive) to enclose with a palisade
Etymology: 17th Century: via French, from Old Provençal palissada, ultimately from Latin pālus stake; see pale², pole1
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