parados

英 ['pærədɒs] 美 ['pærə,dɑs]
  • n. 背墙

英文词源


parados (n.)
"rear wall of a trench," 1917, earlier "elevation behind a fortified place" (1853), literally "defense from the back," from French parados, from para- "defense" (see para- (2)) + dos "back" (see dossier).

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