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bulwark

C2 noun

bulwark /ˈbʊl.wək/ nghĩa là thành lũy, tường phòng thủ

Các nghĩa

  1. thành lũy, tường phòng thủ

    A defensive wall or rampart.

    Let thouſands die, their ſlaughtered Carkaſſes Shal ſerue for walles and bulwarkes to the reſt:

  2. sự che chở, sự bảo vệ

    A defense or safeguard.

    The royal navy of England hath ever been its greatest defence, […] the floating bulwark of the island.

  3. đê chắn sóng

    A breakwater.

  4. mạn thuyền, thành tàu

    The planking or plating along the sides of a nautical vessel above her gunwale that reduces the likelihood of seas washing over the gunwales and people being washed overboard.

  5. phương tiện bảo vệ, biện pháp phòng thủ

    Any means of defence or security.

    figuratively

    The party stalwarts constitute the bulwark that ensures the president's term of office.

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