redoubt

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ɹɪˈdaʊt/    美 /ɹɪˈdaʊt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A small, temporary, military fortification.
  2. The return of doubt. rare
    — Undeterred by humble beginning, undaunted by frustrations imposed by others of lesser stature, undismayed by the doubts and redoubts of personal, political and elemental forces, he persevered, he pursued and he prevailed
  3. A reinforced refuge; a fort.
  4. A place of safety or refuge.
    — 2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text To the south, the vast geometrical deserts of Arabian nomads, a redoubt of feral movement, of fickle winds, of open space, of saddle leather—home to the wild Bedouin tribes.
动词 v.
  1. To fortify, to make into a stronghold. transitive
    — By the time that our troops had taken a little refreshment, a quantity of intrenching tools were brought a-shore, and the regiments were employed in redoubting our ground, and landing some cannon and ammunition.
  2. To dread. archaic
  3. To doubt again. rare
    — Neither any of ſo many hundreds of expleaded, or nowe raigning hereſies, or any that ſhall ariſe hereafter, nor the Religion of Martine Luther so often profeſſed, and both priuately and publickly recanted, altered, changed, doubted, and redoubted by himſelfe, as his owne works and all proteſtants doe witneſſe...

词形变化

redoubts plural redout alternative redoubts present,singular,third-person redoubting participle,present redoubted participle,past redoubted past redout alternative redoubts present,singular,third-person redoubting participle,present redoubted participle,past redoubted past redout alternative redoubts present,singular,third-person redoubting participle,present redoubted participle,past redoubted past re-doubt alternative redout alternative redoubts plural re-doubt alternative redout alternative

词源

词源 1
From French redoute, from Italian ridotta, from Medieval Latin reductus (“refuge”), from Latin redūcō (“to withdraw”), with spelling influenced by doubt.
词源 2
From Old French redouter, from Latin dubitāre (“doubt”) prefixed with re-. The b was later added back in this word, and the related doubt and redoubtable, to reflect their Latin source.
词源 3
Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Latin re-der.
Old French re-bor.
Middle English re-
English re-
Proto-Italic *du(i)βwos
Latin *dubosdenom.
Latin dubō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Italic *-tos
Latin -tus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -tō
Latin -itō
Latin dubitō
Old French doterbor.
Middle English douten
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Old French doter
Old French doutebor.
Middle English doute
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English dubiousinflu.
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Latin dubitōinflu.
English doubt
English redoubt
From re- + doubt.
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