parapet meaning in English
n.
1.(阳台、桥等的)栏杆；女儿墙。
2.【军事】(构筑在堑壕和掩体前方的)胸墙，胸壁。
3.〔英方〕人行道。
adj.
-ed
筑有胸墙[栏杆等]的。
Examples
- The longitudinal girder forms part of the parapets .
纵梁成为栏杆的一部分。 - Over the parapet showed quaint and fanciful little buildings .
栏杆里有一些古雅精致的小建筑物。 - Some parapets fell, and unanchored roof diaphragms punched out wall sections, but collapse was uncommon .
一些女儿墙掉地，未锚住的屋面横隔板冲出墙外，但倒塌却不常见。 - The bridge is close under the castle hill, an old, high, narrow bridge with pinnacles along the parapet .
桥紧靠在城堡的山岗下，又高又狭，沿栏杆竖起了几个小尖塔，显得古色古香。 - That is, he had lain down where the ground fell sharply away below the triple belt of wire and shouted up at the rock and earth parapet .
那是说，他伏在三重铁丝网下陡峭地朝下削的地方，抬头朝着石块和土坯垒成的胸墙大声呼喊。