释义
n.
Military a temporary or supplementary fortification, typically square or polygonal and without flanking defences
【军】 棱堡,多面堡;堡垒。
词源
"early 17th cent.: from French redoute, from obsolete Italian ridotta and medieval Latin reductus ‘refuge', from Latin reducere ‘withdraw'. The -b- was added by association with DOUBT."