palisade
/ˌpælɪˈseɪd/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌpælɪˈseɪd/ (ame, ipa) · /ˌpa-lə-ˈsād/ (ame, mw)
palisade — 名詞
- palisadesingular
- palisadesplural
1. a defensive barrier made from upright posts fixed close together around a camp,
防柵；柵欄
以立柱密排成的防禦圍欄
a defensive barrier made from upright posts fixed close together around a camp, town, or other place
Workers repaired the wooden palisade around the old frontier fort.
工人們修好了那座舊邊境堡壘周圍的木製防柵。
pattern: palisade around [place]
At dawn, guards watched for smoke beyond the palisade of sharpened logs.
黎明時，守衛們望著那道削尖原木防柵外是否有煙升起。
collocation: palisade of logs
The village built a palisade after raiders attacked farms near the river.
附近河邊的農地遭到掠奪者攻擊後，村子築起了一道防柵。
Cyrus hung a warning lantern on the palisade beside the fort gate.
Cyrus 把警示燈掛在堡門旁的防柵上。
用法筆記
Usually refers to a barrier of upright posts, often in historical or military settings. It is more specific than a general fence because the structure is built as a protective ring or line.
常見錯誤
2. a long stretch of steep rock running beside a coast or river
崖壁帶
沿海岸或河岸延伸的陡峭岩壁
a long stretch of steep rock running beside a coast or river
The hikers stopped to photograph the dark palisade above the crashing waves.
那群健行者停下來拍攝海浪上方那道深色崖壁帶。
landform beside the sea
From the boat, Amira could see a volcanic palisade along the far shore.
從船上看去，Amira 看得見遠岸邊那道火山崖壁帶。
collocation: volcanic palisade
A narrow path ran below the palisade and the fast green river.
一條狹窄的小路從那道崖壁帶與湍急的綠色河流之間穿過。
Morning mist hid the basalt palisade until the sun reached the bay.
晨霧遮住了那道玄武岩崖壁帶，直到陽光照進海灣。
- cliff
more general; it can be one cliff rather than a long connected line
- escarpment
more technical and often inland, not especially beside water
- bluff
usually a high steep bank, often less continuous than a palisade
用法筆記
This sense names a natural wall of rock, not a built barrier. It appears mainly in geography or landscape writing, especially for steep lines of cliff beside water.
常見錯誤
palisade — 動詞
- palisadepresent simple I / you / we / they
- palisades3rd person singular
- palisading-ing form
- palisadedpast simple
1. to protect a camp, town, or site by surrounding it with a barrier of upright pos
築柵防守
以立柱圍欄保護某地
to protect a camp, town, or site by surrounding it with a barrier of upright posts
Soldiers palisaded the camp before winter storms reached the valley.
冬季暴風抵達山谷前，士兵們先為營地築柵防守。
pattern: palisade + place
The settlers palisaded the grain store after wolves entered the yard.
狼闖進院子後，移民們把穀倉築柵防守了起來。
Engineers palisaded the work site with tall posts during the revolt.
工程人員在叛亂期間用高木柱把工地築柵防守起來。
By sunset, Quan had palisaded the field hospital with pine trunks.
到了日落前，Quan 已用松木幹把野戰醫院築柵防守起來。
文法句型
palisade a camp, town, or site
palisade something with posts or logs
用法筆記
This verb is formal and uncommon. The object is usually a place that needs protection, and a with-phrase often names the posts, logs, or similar material used for the barrier.