testudo

pronunciation

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  • n.
    龟甲形大盾,掩蔽物,保护物

Word Origin

Example

1. There is a reference to the use of a " fish-scale formation " by soldiers in zhizhi 's army , which dubs said described the testudo formation of overlapping shields " made only by roman soldiers " .
其中有一份参考文献提到了郅支单于的军队使用的“夹门鱼鳞阵”,杜布斯认为这里说的是“只有罗马士兵才用的”使用重叠盾牌的龟甲大盾阵法。

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