Redoubt (續：軍火之王 軍事基地 全面進攻 單字大集合)

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–noun Fortification. 

1. an isolated 

work 

forming a complete enclosure of any form, used to defend a prominent point. 



2. an independent earthwork built within a permanent fortification to reinforce it.





　

Of the many historical questions raised by "Valkyrie," the most pressing is this: if General Erich Fellgiebel, the head of the German Army Signal Corps, really had looked and behaved like Eddie Izzard, just how grave a threat would the Nazis have presented to world peace? 



In Bryan Singer’s new film, Izzard, clearly enjoying every stride in his polished, knee-high boots, does indeed play the officer in question, who oversaw communications going into and out of the Wolfsschanze, or Wolf’s Lair, the Führer’s woodland redoubt. 





。止戰之殤

。動員

。編制

。人事

。軍備展示

Pyrotechnic



。槍砲彈藥

Strafe



。軍火之王

ammunition

ammo

To steal the food and the ammo.

munition

ordnance 

artillery

ordinance 

law

arson

repository

arsenal

The police found an arsenal of [knives] and [guns] in the terrorists' hideout.

an arsenal of [facts] used in a debate

El Mariachi, a former musician who now carries an [arsenal] in his guitar case.



。軍事基地

bunker

a [coal] bunker.  

to bunker an army's [defenses].  

bunk

But for now, just mark this as another UK newspaper [rumor] which will probably turn out to be completely bunk.

redoubtable

redoubt

or Wolf's Lair, the Führer's woodland [redoubt]. 

rampart

Stop playing the saint with me, using your son as a rampart. You ain't no fucking nun! (城堡周圍堤狀的) 防禦土牆,壁壘

Backhoes created an 8 foot [tall] rampart of snow just beyond camera sight lines for the remaining 6 days of shooting.

billet

Howard Vernon plays Von Ebrennae, a cultured Nazi [officer] who is billeted in this [household]. 

barricade

defensive barrier hastily constructed, as in a street, to stop an enemy

He has apparently taken some hostages and barricaded himself inside.

barrack(s)

All the callers-in want to do is barrack him [about] his support, started decades earlier, for Hindley's parole.

what with a barracks-full of dogfaces being [berated] by a vein-busting drill instructor who looks like R. Lee Ermey's country cousin. 

garrison

He was raised in Berlin as the son of the general in charge of the U.S. military [garrison] there. 

The time is the late 18th century and the setting a small [garrison] town in northern Italy where the Marquise of O,

sentry

You touch these stocks, you're going in, Norm... an you won't be wearing that nifty sentry getup either.

where a whole staff of bored twenty- to thirtysomethings portray milkmaids, [gentry] and redcoats.

cordon

If you don't need paras inside the cordon, they shouldn'y be inside your cordon. You just have the uniform inside the cordon, okay?

stockade

Next time won't be no weekend in the stockade. 防禦柵欄【美】軍人監獄,俘虜拘留營



。全面進攻

disparage 

barrage 

Military . a heavy barrier of artillery fire to protect one's own advancing or retreating troops or to stop the advance of enemy troops

for the [umpteenth] time, family friends barrage her [with] questions about her love life. 

and the eye is constantly [enraptured] by the barrage of colors, textures and patterns that [assault] it. 

Fine barrage tonight, isn't it? It gets better each time. I can't hear any bombs, can you?

onslaught 

one whose heart breaks for the onslaught of civilization.

raid

I loved his piece about the young hacker who terrified corporations with raids on their computers, and then sold them his expertise to shoot down other hackers

foray

a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder

Never truly committed to anything, Accio basically floats around, following at a distance Manrico's forays [into] more radical politics while harboring a crush on his brother's girl, Francesca.

Gondry makes the wise decision of largely [eschewing] the digital [chicanery] of his previous foray [into] grey matter in favor of a return the lo-fi effects that defined his early music videos.

Saying much more about the bizarre events that follow from this ill-fated decision -- like David's eventual foray [into] cross-dressing, and pretending to be mute -- would rob viewers of the opportunity to appreciate Gosling's superb work in the film. 

partisan

I fought with partisans during the war. 游擊隊員

skirmish

a fight between small bodies of troops

an improbable [skirmish] for a lighthearted, modest coming-of-age vignette,

It was a small, tragic skirmish in Richelieu's much larger campaign to reduce the power of the [feudal] towns,

They hang out and wander the streets as a way of [filling] their days and are sometimes caught up in frequent skirmishes between the police and other [disaffected] youth.

Skirmish over. Shall we join now on the field of battle?

blitz

Most of the underworld scenes were shot in the blitzed [ruins] of the St. Cyr military academy. 閃電戰,全面攻擊

When Maurice disappears during the London blitz, Sarah feels responsible; perhaps if she hadn't been cheating on her husband Henry, Maurice might never have been placed in harm's way.



reconnoiter

reconnaissance

Military. a search made for useful military information in the field, esp. by examining the ground

Does Alexander know you've pushed out this far? That's a reconnaissance in force. 偵察

flank

There's an opportunity for us to mount an offensive. We've concentrated on the flank... draw strength from the British. 側翼

I will land at Syracuse as planned. But the Americans... the Americans will land here, at Gela. I will advance north to Messina, the Americans protecting my flank.

On-stage, in a wardrobe of dark suits, the Bad Seeds flanked Cave, responding to the singer with a choir of baritones.



volley

the simultaneous discharge of a number of missiles or firearms

There are no coffins here since there is no wood. We will have a trumpeter and an honor guard... but we will not fire the volleys as people would think an air raid was on.

salvo 

simultaneous or successive discharge of artillery, bombs.

round of fire given as a salute 

round of cheers or applause  

a salvo of [cheering]

The clashing release dates had [drawn] salvos between Sony and Fox at the confab attended by 800 exhibs.

The landmark [opening] salvo from the Jungle Brothers, Straight out the Jungle was also the very first album from the Native Tongues [posse], which would utterly transform hip-hop over the next few years.

A hook. A line. An [opening] salvo.

fusillade

simultaneous or continuous discharge of firearms

And starring the Mad Prophet of the Airways, Howard Beale! network news anchorman on the UBS " Network News Show" known to millions as the Mad Profit of the Airwaves was shot to death tonight in a fusillade of automatic rifle fire.

















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