"bastions" 怎么发音

word

US

ˈbæstʃənz

BAS-chuhnz

UK

bˈæstiənz

BAS-tee-uhnz

释义

'Bastions' are strongholds or fortified places, especially parts of a fort. The word is often used figuratively to mean places or people that strongly defend particular ideas, traditions, or ways of life.

IPA 音标

美式英语

ˈbæstʃənz

英式英语

bˈæstiənz

简化发音

美式

BAS-chuhnz

英式

BAS-tee-uhnz

语境中听

The castle walls were strong bastions against the enemy.

Many see schools as bastions of learning.

The old traditions survived in these rural bastions.

Some newspapers are the last bastions of independent journalism.