Word · Frequency #17396
earthwork
土垒；土筑防御工事
a rampart made of earth
- 1.
Any structure made from earth, especially an embankment used for fortification or flood control.
用土建造的结构,尤指用于防御或防洪的堤岸。
- 2.
an earthen rampart
土筑壁垒
用土建造的结构,尤指用于防御或防洪的堤岸。；土筑壁垒；土木工事；土方工程
In use
The ancient earthwork still rises several meters above the surrounding fields.
Visitors can walk along the top of the Iron Age earthworks.
The soldiers quickly built an earthwork to protect their camp from attack.
an earthwork
earthwork 作“土垒”解时为可数名词，可用不定冠词 a 修饰。
An earthwork was built along the ridge.
沿山脊建起了一座土垒。
earthworks + plural verb
复数形式 earthworks 表示多处土垒或土垒群；作主语时谓语动词用复数。
The earthworks are still visible from the road.
这些土垒从公路上仍然清晰可见。
Common mistakes
They built earthwork to protect the city.
Connections
Collocations
- ancient earthworks
- 古老的土垒
- The hill is crowned by ancient earthworks.山顶上环绕着古老的土垒。
- defensive earthworks
- 防御性土垒
- Soldiers hurried to build defensive earthworks before dawn.士兵们赶在黎明前修筑防御性土垒。
- Iron Age earthworks
- 铁器时代土垒
- Archaeologists mapped the Iron Age earthworks near the river.考古学家绘制了河边铁器时代土垒的地图。
- earthwork fortifications
- 土筑防御工事
- The museum displays a model of the old earthwork fortifications.博物馆展出了旧土筑防御工事的模型。
- construction of the earthworks
- 土垒的修建
- Construction of the earthworks took several months.修建这些土垒花了数月时间。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记法：earth（土）+work（工程），泥土筑起的工事就是earthwork。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：军事历史书籍、考古报告、防御工事说明 该词比较正式，多用于军事历史或考古等书面描述；日常口语中较少单独使用 earthwork，通常会说土墙、土垒等更具体的说法。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词中，-work 都读 /wɝk/，与 earthwork 的后半部分同音；earth 读 /ɝθ/，是 earthwork 的前半部分。注意：hearth 拼写像 earth 前加 h，但读 /hɑrθ/，不要混淆。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.