portcullis
发音
英 [pɔ:tˈkʌlɪs]
美 [pɔrtˈkʌlɪs]
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- n.
- 铁闸门，吊闸
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- vt.
- 给…装吊闸
单词词源
portcullis 铁闸门，吊闸
来自古法语porte coleice,滑板门，吊门，来自porte,门，词源同portal,coleice,滑动，流动，筛子，词源同colander,percolate.引申词义铁闸门，吊闸。
双语例句
- 1. Begging him to leave this terrible place , she breaks away just in time before the rapidly closing portcullis closes in on her .
- 公主请求王子赶快离开这个可怕的地方之后，及时地在铁闸门掉下之前跑进了城堡。
- 2. After the barrels are eventually stopped at a gate , which is something that doesn \'t happen in the books , Kili attempts to raise the portcullis and is shot with a poison arrow from an orc .
- 在木桶最终停在大门口时（这在书中是没有的情节），奇力试图拉起吊闸，而受到了半兽人毒箭的攻击。