parapet

音標發(fā)音

A sea of faces sought a glimpse of him, but most of the time he stayed out of sight, sipping tea behind a parapet.
海洋般的面孔在期盼著他的一顧，但大部分時間里都看不到他，他在欄桿后面喝茶。
But it's hard to reach — it's between the main castle wall & the parapet and kissers have to lie on their backs, then bend over backward, holding iron bars for support.
但要想吻到巧言石卻沒有那么容易——石頭位于城堡主墻與欄桿之間，所以要吻石頭必須仰面躺著，把身子弓起來，雙手抓著鐵欄桿。
The hackney-coach rolled along the trees of the Champs-Elysees. The bust of the driver, whip in hand, could be seen moving along above the parapet.
街車沿著愛麗舍廣場的樹木滾動著，人們可以在護墻上看見車夫的上半身過去了，他手里拿著馬鞭。

And here atop the highest parapet stood two stone burial vaults decorated with the green flags of martyrdom.
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A parapet is a low wall along the edge of something high such as a bridge or roof.