🔍 牛津詞典
🔍 朗文詞典
🔍 劍橋詞典
🔍 柯林斯詞典
🔍 麥美倫詞典
🔍 韋氏詞典 🎯
檢索以下詞典：
(Mr. Ng 不推薦使用 Google 翻譯！)
最近搜尋：
- luddite 5
- law 340
- recite 304
- laurelled 5
- rational 338
- folio 39
- CAnal 136
- hearsay 1
- senior 360
- mercenaries 6
- neutrino 6
- gazump 34
- fca 7
- admonishingly 5
- paraglide 6
- doubling 22
- Meddle 72
- parkway 6
- stadium 294
- decrease 334
- wood 352
- emblazon 65
- halma 8
- mainer 5
- nell 5
- devil 303
- farm out 36
- vienna 30
- dialling code 25
- jockeyship 6
- ipo 7
- external 299
- mainly 238
- whistle 364
- contempt 335
- li 7
- latticing 4
- cheat sheet 55
- presumably 287
- anglophone 50
- flatliner 4
- extent 309
- Housekeeper 87
- Librium 2
- circulate 369
- ladleful 5
- net ball 2
- crinklies 2
- gordon 6
- province 368
- illinois 5
- uproar 44
- obscurities 5
- ogress 4
- patrolled 5
- hatchability 4
- lief 5
- patrilineal 82
- singer 348
- euphony 9
- babushka 3
- nest 364
- noncooperation 1
- latinate 5
- pedicab 2
- give-and-take 45
- salesperson 82
- lac 6
- leprosy 6
- dominic 5
- ge 5
- linguistical 4
- profession 307
- chadless 6
- cookie 68
- kamikaze 7
- orangemen 4
- custard pie 26
- double-breasted 28
- motorised 2
- holography 4
- come clean 29
- astrachan 7
- lacy 6
- narked 4
- efficiency 319
- Session 123
- flummoxed 38
- biosecurity 29
- oaks 5
- clip art 4
- eton 5
- cloisters 18
- anarchism 56
- shortcoming 351
- knock off 22
- ivy 12
- milwaukee 5
- philanderer 5
- opacities 5
- leery 7
- information 242
- kirundi 6
- Shimmy 6
- multidisciplinary 2
- incongruity 6
- kinswoman 4
- signatory 29
- fat 183
- lead 410
- banana skin 27
- Navigate 67
- membraned 5
- participial 7
- oracles 6
- fatberg 5
- haughtiest 2
- term 386
- heredity 6
- nutmegged 5
- inhuman 5
- perforations 2
- elevating 15
- inholding 3
- Old-fashioned 40
- hickories 4
- Quarry 23
- electoral college 37
- lye 6
- misspend 6
- prosperous 300
- optima 4
- lanyard 5
- Honduras 4
- incorrect 292
- tap dancing 45
- slap on 40
- press for 25
- resource 348
- the Deep South 31
- hootenannies 4
- jacks 4
- incontinently 3
- jelly bean 3
- connubial 40
- farmyard 68
- downer 51
- kinder 6
- frost 315
- mysteries 3
- cursed 118
- insurgent 14
- ornithologic 5
- bag 218
- Refuse 131
- Hesitant 20
- paragraphic 5
- blank verse 51
- Slaughter 3
- ness 8
- reduction 310
- injectable 6
- lutheran 5
- hummable 5
- adjudge 98
- tid 23
- proposal 366
- de- 24
- component 333
- Tantrum 8
- flavonoid 4
- Inheritance 15
- distune 6
- example 153
- caller ID 34
- permanent 306
- gratitude 296
- perfume 256
- lowlights 5
- procure 103
- ostentations 4
- invent 351
- recessionary 62
- face time 39
- torrent 333
- oater 4
- pipeline 328
- prototype 135
- Protect 95
- lashed 4
- peculiarity 4
- iodide 6
- shot 353
- overcrowding 6
- Redound 21
- orth- 2
- ilocano 5
- haler 5
- holiness 5
- lifeboat 9
- lest 279
- fourth estate 36
- conducive 134
- eclecticism 47
- jive 5
- niobate 3
- lethied 5
- omen 4
- beast of burden 50
- figure 341
- fedora 54
- disaffect 40
- laurasia 6
- optics 285
- larger 14
- ortho- 1
- hokiness 3
- basin 294
- bowl 341
- mariculturist 4
- Any 33
- januaries 4
- category 51
- supper 96
- lintless 6
- panned 5
- concern 382
- informality 4
- gentlemanly 55
- memoirist 4
- gigaflop 6
- municipalities 27
- facetime 22
- manservant 5
- restrictions 26
- palladous 5
- liver 328
- beforehand 286
- cliff 319
- iranian 5
- absurdism 8
- Callow 81
- ordinaries 5
- denotive 3
- movies 5
- nipple 5
- Caplet 17
- fauvism 5
- misapply 4
- permittance 5
- faithed 4
- opposite 316
- overview 6
- department 323
- fully 43
- philosophize 6
- lace 400
- anyway 496
- docks 20
- cadence 41
- ergonomic 38
- range 309
- coloration 51
- jink 4
- misbegotten 1
- matterless 4
- high 231
- unconscionable 31
- drumroll 23
- pebbly 5
- mightier 4
- discourageable 19
- Width 140
- danger 371
- spidery 68
- fast-breeder 20
- joinery 4
- hottie 4
- countryside 118
- mausolea 2
- Adage 100
- Div. 3
- organic 327
- impress 384
- traumatic 54
- underprivileged 45
- maladjusted 113
- alexandrine 4
- phonocamptic 6
- bun 144
- Manufacturer 160
- math 4
- centre 262
- give over 44
- serendipitous 101
- fain 55
- obloquy 4
- namecheck 5
- hipsterism 6
- outcries 6
- khaki 6
- luny 3
- lidded 6
- well intentioned 52
- wit 377
- percutaneously 4
- outline 384
- accompli 23
- colonic 37
- Manichaean 1
- israelite 6
- glam 62
- gas mask 49
- naming 6
- photographer 141
- background 413
- enclose 354
- lectern 6
- barristerial 5
- arterioscleroses 6
- Polish 312
- colombia 29
- penetratively 2
- mizzen 5
- transformation 339
- slew 115
- incriminating 2
- propensity 46
- georgina 2
- misplay 6
- slur 76
- marvelous 303
- collude 136
- atlantic 26
- nonentry 4
- inebriated 4
- oozier 4
- photoshoot 5
- number plate 2
- nannied 2
- diagramming 19
- hooter 7
- atmosphered 24
- irrespective of 28
- maquiladora 5
- luting 4
- narwhal 38
- Solidarity 74
- cheat 298
- lagoonal 3
- catch on 75
- headachy 1
- mystical 6
- motor home 2
- lamasery 5
- inuktitut 5
- infancy 62
- hitless 4
- coastguardsman 4
- manyatta 4
- leotards 5
- Much 108
- jamb 1
- accustomed 595
- lobbied 2
- noisome 5
- hypnotise 35
- hauteur 4
- maharanee 5
- Ivory Coast 3
- napped 2
- doge 4
- muzzle 5
- devastation 119
- mammonism 5
- airs 17
- anthropolatry 7
- notifies 4
- kippered 4
- overinflation 6
- interlanguage 6
- incontestable 4
- litigable 5
- leprechaunish 4
- Ought 10
- prospect 388
- Pertinent 2
- date stamp 33
- fold 292
- traditional 297
- numerator 4
- flutter 271
- chemo 37
- position 338
- travel 203
- dissertation 66
- misspelling 7
- passivity 4
- live on 17
- Vaccinate 19
- vigil 171
- labour 260
- single out 25
- Ignorance 160
- level 395
- Orchid 4
- bibliophilic 9
- REMARK 127
- intensive care 11
- laugh 55
- Uncertain 16
- Privileged 65
- paddy 5
- leather 339
- Sensitive 119
- Mislead 177
- eschatology 33
- drawer 358
- size 59
- congresswoman 55
- Law 95
- total 370
- type 329
- Lake 5
- voice 313
- Evil 70
- balls up 42
- Guard 150
- headstrong 136
- say 217
- mainstreaming 5
- full-timer 43
- northwardly 3
- Poor 83
- candida 21
- Force 172
- longboard 5
- washup 62
- parody 167
- housewifey 3
- ink 324
- poet 296
- freely 291
- absinthe 78
- Provisional 2
- hypochondriacal 4
- dulcet 49
- rubbing 55
- photosynthesis 49
- surprise 123
- mistrustingly 2
- curaçao 1
- crazy-quilt 26
- grind 343
- pamphleteer 7
- empanada 33
- extraneity 6
- media 342
- earthy 136
- speed 417
- clack 53
- bush 338
- louse 149
- Goody 40
- dried-up 28
- Miserable 95
- parlance 5
- smog 368
- comes 21
- joyride 4
- Angry 109
- chaises 15
- elbow 313
- Controvert 44
- grot 5
- marksmanship 5
- impossible 293
- joyless 5
- palette 4
- gapes 20
- campus 319
- baba 34
- finest 35
- mla 6
- Sim 31
- rashly 97
- inveigle 8
- ratified 2
- mls 6
- horizontal 293
- gunless 24
- freezing 81
- disprove 129
- nary 5
- lodger 5
- wellness 94
- eardrops 4
- survival 325
- sink 325
- pilaf 5
bastion
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural bastions
plural bastions
Learner's definition of BASTION
[count]
: a place or system in which something (such as an old-fashioned idea) continues to survive堡垒
- The neighborhood is considered by many to be the city's last liberal/conservative bastion. [=the only place left in the city where liberal/conservative ideas are still accepted]这个街区被视为是这座城市自由主义/保守主义观点仅存的最后堡垒。
- a bastion of racial inequality [=a system in which people of different races still do not have equal rights]种族歧视的堡垒
- bastions of democracy民主堡垒
Did you know?
Bastion is related to bastille (a word now used as a general term for a prison, but probably best known as the name of the Parisian fortress-turned-prison stormed by an angry mob at the start of the French Revolution). It comes from the Italian verb bastire, which means "to build."
Synonyms
Example Sentences
the rebel army retreated to its bastion in the mountains to regroup
Recent Examples on the Web Russian troops were forced to flee the strategic city of Izium -- their main bastion in northeastern Ukraine -- on Saturday after a swift Ukrainian counteroffensive. 
Nectar Gan, Shawn Deng And Philip Wang, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022 To be fair, Yale has not been a bastion of free speech. Lauren Noble, National Review, 14 Aug. 2022 The institute is a cultural bastion founded in 1854 and houses a library, literary events and the Chess Room, which is the oldest continuously operating chess club in the nation. Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2022 As supporters of Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic candidate for Texas governor, emerged from a crowded campaign event in a quaint, conservative bastion north of Dallas, Treva Sanges was there to protest them. New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Alixx Robin Lucas, who lives near the shooting scene, said the incident jolted the Leimert Park neighborhood, long considered a cultural hub for Black culture and a bastion of anti-police-violence activism. Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022 At stake are the fortunes of a bastion of relative stability and prosperity just as some of Kenya’s neighbors, including Ethiopia and Somalia, are embroiled in conflicts and economic turmoil. Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 On a sticky and stormy Saturday night, two of the world’s most recognizable soccer powers invaded Lambeau Field, a bastion of American football like no other. Robert Zizzo, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2022 The state is known for being a conservative bastion, due at least in part to attention brought on by both former Vice President Pence and RFRA. Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 22 July 2022 See More
Nectar Gan, Shawn Deng And Philip Wang, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022 To be fair, Yale has not been a bastion of free speech. Lauren Noble, National Review, 14 Aug. 2022 The institute is a cultural bastion founded in 1854 and houses a library, literary events and the Chess Room, which is the oldest continuously operating chess club in the nation. Chase Difeliciantonio, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Aug. 2022 As supporters of Beto O’Rourke, the Democratic candidate for Texas governor, emerged from a crowded campaign event in a quaint, conservative bastion north of Dallas, Treva Sanges was there to protest them. New York Times, 19 Aug. 2022 Alixx Robin Lucas, who lives near the shooting scene, said the incident jolted the Leimert Park neighborhood, long considered a cultural hub for Black culture and a bastion of anti-police-violence activism. Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2022 At stake are the fortunes of a bastion of relative stability and prosperity just as some of Kenya’s neighbors, including Ethiopia and Somalia, are embroiled in conflicts and economic turmoil. Michael M. Phillips, WSJ, 2 Aug. 2022 On a sticky and stormy Saturday night, two of the world’s most recognizable soccer powers invaded Lambeau Field, a bastion of American football like no other. Robert Zizzo, Journal Sentinel, 24 July 2022 The state is known for being a conservative bastion, due at least in part to attention brought on by both former Vice President Pence and RFRA. Kaitlin Lange, The Indianapolis Star, 22 July 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Middle French, borrowed from Italian bastione, from bastia "small quadrangular fortress" (from an Upper Italian counterpart to Tuscan bastita, from feminine past participle of bastire "to build," probably borrowed from Old Occitan bastir "to weave, build," or its Gallo-Romance ancestor) + -one, augmentative suffix (going back to Latin -ō, -ōn-, suffix of nouns denoting persons with a prominent feature) — more at bastille
First Known Use
1546, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of bastion was in 1546 👨🏻🏫 Mr. Ng 韋氏詞典 📚 – mw.mister5️⃣.net
切換為繁體中文