portcullis

[pɔ:t'kʌlis]

n.格子吊闸

n.

(古代城堡的)升降闸门

portcullis

portcullis[pɔ:t'kʌlis; ,pəu-]n.1.■古代城堡可升降的铁格子闸门；铁闸门；吊门vt.1.■给…安装吊门；用吊门关闭

1. a strong, heavy grating that can be lowered down grooves on each side of a gateway to block it
   闸门，吊闸
   

1. Middle English: from Old French porte coleice 'sliding door', from porte 'door' (from Latin porta) + coleice 'sliding' (feminine of couleis, from Latin colare 'to filter')
   

portcullis

名词 portcullis:

gate consisting of an iron or wooden grating that hangs in the entry to a castle or fortified town; can be lowered to prevent passage

portcullis

■across the hollow-sounding drawbridge, below the spiky portcullis, under the frowning archway of the grim old castle, whose ancient towers soared high overhead;

他被拖着走过轧轧作响的吊桥，穿过布满铁钉的铁闸门，钻过狰狞的古堡里阴森可怖的拱道，古堡上的塔楼高耸入云；

■Begging him to leave this terrible place, she breaks away just in time before the rapidly closing portcullis closes in on her.

公主请求王子赶快离开这个可怕的地方之后，及时地在铁闸门掉下之前跑进了城堡。

■that donjon keep,much more pierced with loopholes than with windows; that drawbridge,always raised; that portcullis,always lowered,--is the Bastille

只见那座主楼上枪眼比窗户要多得多，那个吊桥总是高高吊起，那道狼牙闸门老是落下，这就是巴士底城堡

■that donjon keep, much more pierced with loopholes than with windows; that drawbridge, always raised; that portcullis, always lowered,--is the Bastille.

只见那座主楼上枪眼比窗户要多得多，那个吊桥总是高高吊起，那道狼牙闸门老是落下，这就是巴士底城堡。

■2. that donjon keep, much more pierced with loopholes than with windows; that drawbridge, always raised; that portcullis, always lowered,--is the Bastille.

只见那座主楼上枪眼比窗户要多得多，那个吊桥总是高高吊起，那道狼牙闸门老是落下，这就是巴士底城堡。收藏指正

■Portcullis - Effectual protection in emergency.

吊闸-行之有效的紧急保护。

■Most gateways had a metal grill called a portcullis.

大多数通道上都装有叫作吊闸的铁格栅。

■The main entrance yawned like a cavern’s mouth, without gate or portcullis.

是死了，还是发生了什么可怕的事情？

■that donjon keep, much more pierced with loopholes than with windows;that drawbridge, always raised;that portcullis, always lowered,--is the Bastille.

楼上枪眼比窗户要多得多，那个吊桥总是高高吊起，那道狼牙闸门老是落下，这就是巴士底城堡。

■If Portcullis leaves play, put the creature into play under its owner's control.

若铁闸门离场，将此生物在拥有者的操控下进场。

■Inside, Robin could see across the yard the open recess in the wall, above the entrance arch, in which was the gear for raising and lowering the drawbridge and portcullis.

这六十人中有一打的人早被箭射死或受伤，箭是从罗宾的人准确地射出致命的一箭。

■Major improvements were made during his time, including the Barbican, made up of three parts, each with its own entrance, drawbridge, gateway, and portcullis.

这是亨利8世举行舞会的大厅，也是城堡中最大的房间。这种16世纪法国壁毯和法式壁炉如今已经非常罕见。