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barbican

/bahr-bi-kuhn/US // ˈbɑr bɪ kən //UK // (ˈbɑːbɪkən) //

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Related Words

landmark地标,地界线,地界标,地标性建筑 observatory观察站,观测站,观察所,观察台 beacon信标,烽火,烽火台,灯塔 lighthouse灯塔,岸边,岸边小屋,标的物 mirador蜃楼,镜子,蜃楼主,蜃楼人

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an outwork of a fortified place, as a castle.
- : a defensive outpost of any sort.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inwatchtower

Synonyms

beacon信标,烽火,烽火台,灯塔 landmark地标,地界线,地界标,地标性建筑 lighthouse灯塔,岸边,岸边小屋,标的物 observatory观察站,观测站,观察所,观察台 mirador蜃楼,镜子,蜃楼主,蜃楼人

Examples

We started making them for a retrospective nine years ago that we were invited to in London at the Barbican art gallery.
On entering the small outer barbican, which is reached by a lane from the market-place, we come to the base of the Norman keep.
He heard the voices of the sentries in the barbican as they conversed with the newcomers.
The principal barbican, or watch tower, is not at the entrance, but towards the north-east corner.
Ten flanking towers protected its gateways, which, in their turn, were preceded each by a barbican.
The barbican, or outwork of the fortification, was situated beyond the outer ditch, if it ever existed.

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