breakwater
breakwater — 名詞
1. a long, low wall made mostly of stones or concrete blocks that is built outward
防波堤
伸入海中、用來減弱浪勢的保護結構
a long, low wall made mostly of stones or concrete blocks that is built outward from a coast into the sea, in order to weaken incoming waves so that a harbour, a beach, or boats anchored nearby remain calm and safe.
A long stone breakwater stretched into the bay to shelter the fishing boats from winter storms.
一道長長的石造防波堤延伸進海灣裡，為漁船遮擋冬季的風暴。
typical phrasing: a [material] breakwater shelters X from Y
Children walked carefully along the slippery breakwater at low tide to look for crabs.
退潮時，孩子們小心地走在濕滑的防波堤上尋找螃蟹。
collocation: along the breakwater
The town built a concrete breakwater after big waves washed away part of the main beach.
大浪沖走了主要沙灘的一部分之後，鎮上蓋了一道水泥防波堤。
pattern: build a breakwater (to protect coastline)
Saira watched the waves crash against the breakwater outside her grandmother's seaside house.
Saira 看著海浪拍打在她外婆海邊房子外面的防波堤上。
collocation: waves crash against the breakwater
Strong waves slowly damaged the old wooden breakwater that once protected the small harbour.
強勁的海浪慢慢損壞了那座曾保護著小港的老舊木質防波堤。
- stone breakwater
- concrete breakwater
- build a breakwater
- along the breakwater
- waves break against the breakwater
- seawall
a wall built along the shore to hold back the sea; usually parallel to land, not extending out into it
- jetty
a structure built into the sea that can act as a small breakwater or a landing place for boats
- groyne
a low wall built out into the sea mainly to stop sand on a beach from being washed away, not primarily to block waves
用法筆記
Subject of 'protect' or 'shelter' is typically a breakwater; the protected object is a harbour, beach, boats, or coastline. Often paired with materials ('stone', 'concrete', 'wooden') and prepositions ('along', 'against', 'beyond').