the battlements of [place]
battlement 常用复数形式 battlements，此处 of 引出所属建筑。
The defenders hid behind the battlements of the city wall.
守军躲在城墙的城垛后面。
城垛；雉堞墙
城垛:防御工事上由凸起的垛口和凹下的射孔相间的齿状胸墙,士兵可躲在垛口后射击。；围绕城堡顶部建造的防御墙,有规律的缺口用于射箭或开枪；防御用高墙。
a defensive wall around the top of a castle with regular gaps for shooting
城垛:防御工事上由凸起的垛口和凹下的射孔相间的齿状胸墙,士兵可躲在垛口后射击。
In fortification: an indented parapet, formed by a series of rising members called cops or merlons, separated by openings called crenelles or embrasures, the soldier sheltering himself behind the merlon while he fires through the embrasure or through a loophole in the battlement.
围绕城堡顶部建造的防御墙,有规律的缺口用于射箭或开枪
a rampart built around the top of a castle with regular gaps for firing arrows or guns
防御用高墙。
Any high wall for defense.
From the battlement, we could see the whole valley.
从城垛上，我们可以看见整个山谷。
用法提示：battlement 作单数名词，指城堡顶部的城垛墙体。
The old castle still has its stone battlements.
这座古老的城堡仍然保留着石砌的雉堞墙。
用法提示：battlements 为 battlement 的复数形式，指城堡顶部带射口的防护墙。
Archers once stood on the battlements to defend the gate.
弓箭手曾经站在城垛上守卫城门。
用法提示：battlements 以复数形式出现，指城墙上供射击用的雉堞。
battlement 常用复数形式 battlements，此处 of 引出所属建筑。
The defenders hid behind the battlements of the city wall.
守军躲在城墙的城垛后面。
表示“在城垛上／沿着城垛”时，介词用 on 或 along。
A guard was walking along the battlements.
一名卫兵正沿着城垛行走。
与battlement几乎完全同义，是描述城堡顶部带射击孔矮墙的最直接正式词。
泛指墙顶或屋顶边的矮墙，并不必然有射击缺口；若特指城垛的缺口结构，不宜直接替换，但在描述城堡顶部围墙时两者常可通用。
grammar · medium
易错句子The castle wall has battlement along the top.
正确表达The castle wall has battlements along the top.
battlement 是可数名词，指城墙顶部的多个雉堞时需用复数 battlements；受汉语无复数变化影响，容易漏加 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子They battlemented the tower to defend it.
正确表达They built battlements on the tower to defend it.
battlement 是名词，不是动词；英语中表示“修筑城垛”需用 build + battlements，而不能把 battlement 直接当动词用。汉语“筑城垛”没有词形变化，容易误当动词用。
battlement 特指城堡顶部带射击缺口的雉堞墙；rampart 指环绕城堡或城市的防御土墙或石墙，不一定有垛口。
battlement 是带垛口的防御墙；parapet 是屋顶、桥边或城墙顶部的低矮防护墙，不一定有缺口。
battlement 指整段带缺口的墙；crenellation 特指墙顶上的锯齿状缺口（垛口）本身。
带雉堞的城垛
The castle's crenellated battlements were silhouetted against the sky.
城堡带雉堞的城垛在天空的映衬下呈现出轮廓。
城堡的城垛
A flag flew proudly from the castle battlements.
一面旗帜自豪地飘扬在城堡的城垛上。
石砌城垛
The stone battlements were covered with ivy.
石砌城垛上爬满了常春藤。
在城垛上
Guards patrolled on the battlements all night.
卫兵整夜在城垛上巡逻。
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battlement 通常位于城堡顶部，是城堡防御体系的一部分。
城墙上常有塔楼，与城垛一起构成防御工事。
battlement 是防御工事中的一种建筑形式。
城垛上的缺口用于射箭，箭孔是类似的防御性开口。
护城河和城垛同属城堡的防御设施，共同保护城堡。
天国的城垛在召唤。
This line comes from Led Zeppelin's 1971 song "The Battle of Evermore," using castle battlements as an image of a supernatural or heavenly summons.
这句歌词出自齐柏林飞艇乐队1971年的歌曲《永恒之战》，用城垛意象暗示来自天国或超自然界的召唤。
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