词汇 | entrenchment |
释义 | entrenchmentWord family nounentrenchmentverbentrench Defenceen·trench·ment /ɪnˈtrentʃmənt/ noun 1. [uncountableU]CHANGE YOUR MIND when an attitude, belief etc becomes firmly established 〔态度、信念等的〕牢固确立 2. [countableC]PMD a system of trenches (=long deep holes) dug by soldiers for defence or protection 堑壕,战壕 Examples from the Corpus entrenchment• As the banks were rather steep the defenders spent several days cutting entrenchments and embrasures in expectation of battle.• Thousands of Union men were set to digging entrenchments and preparing emplacements for siege guns.• The foot were also responsible for entrenchments and for engineering works associated with sieges.• The dogmatic resistance to entrenchment would raise its arid and pedantic head. |
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