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词汇 glacis
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Definition of glacis in English:

glacis

noun ˈɡlasiˈɡlasɪs
  • 1A bank sloping down from a fort which exposes attackers to the defenders' missiles.

    (堡垒前的)斜堤,斜坡

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Abutting the glacis of the Acropolis at Athens is the great theatre of Dionysis.
    • Its purpose was that of a glacis of an ancient castle.
    • Built in the glacis style, there is no berm but a continuous 11 m. slope from the ditch bottom to the bank top.
    • On 21 May, having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, which heavy bombardment had almost made untenable, Versaillais troops entered the city.
    Synonyms
    hill, hillside, hillock, bank, rise, escarpment, scarp
  • 2also glacis plateA sloping piece of armour plate protecting part of a vehicle.

    (对车辆起保护作用的)斜装甲板

    Example sentencesExamples
    • If it is pushed out of alignment by the glacis plate, it will detonate the mine underneath the belly of the AFV.
    • The glacis plate and nose of the hull have been upgraded with the addition of passive armour and the turret has been fitted with stand-off armour.
    • Other changes included adding a gun shield, a searchlight, an antipersonnel round, and belly armor that extended from the lower front glacis to about the middle of the vehicle.

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, from Old French glacier 'to slip', from glace 'ice', based on Latin glacies.

Rhymes

Onassis

Definition of glacis in US English:

glacis

noun
  • A gently sloping bank, in particular one that slopes down from a fort, exposing attackers to the defenders' missiles.

    (堡垒前的)斜堤,斜坡

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Built in the glacis style, there is no berm but a continuous 11 m. slope from the ditch bottom to the bank top.
    • On 21 May, having sapped up to the glacis of the city ramparts, which heavy bombardment had almost made untenable, Versaillais troops entered the city.
    • Its purpose was that of a glacis of an ancient castle.
    • Abutting the glacis of the Acropolis at Athens is the great theatre of Dionysis.
    Synonyms
    hill, hillside, hillock, bank, rise, escarpment, scarp

Origin

Late 17th century: from French, from Old French glacier ‘to slip’, from glace ‘ice’, based on Latin glacies.

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