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单词 redoubt
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•doubt /rɪˈdaʊt/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. a separate, fortified area built inside or outside a larger fortification.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
re•doubt  (ri dout),USA pronunciation n. [Fort.]
  1. an isolated work forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point.
  2. an independent earthwork built within a permanent fortification to reinforce it.
  • Late Latin reductus a refuge, noun, nominal use of past participle of Latin redūcere to lead back; see reduce
  • Italian ridotto
  • French redoute
  • 1600–10

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
redoubt /rɪˈdaʊt/ n
  1. an outwork or detached fieldwork defending a pass, hilltop, etc
  2. a temporary defence work built inside a fortification as a last defensive position
Etymology: 17th Century: via French from obsolete Italian ridotta, from Medieval Latin reductus shelter, from Latin redūcere to withdraw, from re- + dūcere to lead
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