breakwater
/ˈbreɪkwɔːtə(r)/ (bre, ipa) · [brˈekwˌɔtɚ] /ˈbreɪkwɔːtər/ (ame, ipa) · [brˈekwˌɔtɚ] /ˈbrāk-ˌwȯ-tər How to pronounce breakwater (audio) -ˌwä-/ (ame, mw)
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。
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。
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。
- 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').