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木城

English translation: wooden fortification/fortress

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Chinese term or phrase:木城
English translation:wooden fortification/fortress
Entered by: Huijun Suo

08:31 Jan 22, 2008
Chinese to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - History / 中国历史:康熙的统一事业
Chinese term or phrase: 木城
In March 1682, Kangxi went on a tour of the east as far as the Songhuajiang. After this, he made a series of defensive preparations in the North-East: sending people to the Heilongjiang district to reconnoitre; moving troops to Aihui and Huma'er to build a 木城, standing between the river and the Tsarist Russian occupied military stronghold of Yakesa, ready for battle; having garrison troops open up wasteland and grow food grain at Aihui and constructing land and water installations there for communication with North-East hub sites; and sending in reinforcement cane shield troops from the South.

调军队在瑷珲,呼玛尔建立木城,隔江与沙俄侵占的军事据点雅克萨对垒
chica nueva
Local time: 01:22
wooden fortification
Explanation:
用木头建造的军事设施。

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-22 09:40:26 GMT)
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Or shortly: wooden forts
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Huijun Suo
China
Local time: 21:22
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Thank you all!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3wooden fortification
Huijun Suo
4 +1woodenwalls
CHEN-Ling


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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
wooden fortification


Explanation:
用木头建造的军事设施。

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-01-22 09:40:26 GMT)
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Or shortly: wooden forts

Huijun Suo
China
Local time: 21:22
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese
PRO pts in category: 20
Grading comment
Thank you all!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  orientalhorizon: or "wood..."
11 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X)
46 mins
  -> Thanks!
agree  Jason Ma: fortification - defensive structure consisting of walls or mounds built around a stronghold to strengthen it. Or, wooden fortress.
5 hrs
  -> Thanks Jason, "fortress" is good.
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44 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
woodenwalls


Explanation:
wooden- [ Translate this page ]woodenwalls. n. 木城(指防卫国家的军舰; 旧时军舰为木制, 故名). woodenware. [`wJdLnweE(r)]. n. 木制器皿的总称. 用法词典 ...
dict.yqie.com/english/w/wooden.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages

wooden_谷词在线词典- [ Translate this page ]woodenwalls. n. 木城(指防卫国家的军舰; 旧时军舰为木制, 故名). woodenhead. n. 木头脑袋; 笨人, 蠢货. top. 详细解释 专业解释 简单解释 ...
www.godict.com/searchw.jsp?word=wooden - 17k - Cached - Similar pages

返回美发首页 >> 返回词库 woodchopper 伐木者, 樵夫 woodchopper ...- [ Translate this page ]nwalls 木城(指防卫国家的军舰旧时军舰为木制, 故名) woodenwalls的意思相关词组 woodenware 木制用具 woodenware的意思相关词组 woodfibre [植]木纤维 woodfibre ...
dalianmeifa.com/relkeywords/wordidx/453601
http://blog.0452sh.com/html/14/category-catid-14-page-2.html
卜奎城始建于清康熙三十年(1691年)，原建古城是内城外廓，即内城为木城，外城为土城，在嘉庆年间，因城中失火，木城被焚，到光绪十三年(1887年)改木城为砖城...

这里木城很可能不是指城市，而是指大规模的防御设施。


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Note added at 7 hrs (2008-01-22 15:47:53 GMT)
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但字典上明确指出woodenwalls 是“木城”的意思。
[英汉通用词典]woodenwalls
木城

CHEN-Ling
Local time: 21:22
Native speaker of: Native in ChineseChinese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Wenjer Leuschel (X)
41 mins
  -> Thank you, Wenjer!
neutral  Jason Ma: 应该不是城市。
5 hrs
  -> 是的，大规模的防御设施
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