搜尋結果
embattled
- IPA[ɪmˈbatld]
英式
- (of a place or people) involved in or prepared for war, especially because surrounded by enemy forces;(of a person) beset by problems or difficulties
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. (of a place or people) involved in or prepared for war, especially because surrounded by enemy forces the embattled northern province
- ▪ (of a person) beset by problems or difficulties the worst may not be over for the embattled Chancellor
- 2. (of a building or part of a building) having battlements the church has a low embattled tower
- ▪ divided or edged by a line of square notches like battlements in outline.