" No, Ma'm, we got a million miles of breastworks 'round this town" .

" 不，太太，我们这个城市周围修筑了百万英里的围墙呢。"

The room had been arranged with a view to the dancing, the large oak table having been moved back till it stood as a breastwork to the fireplace.

屋里的布置全是为了跳舞的，张大橡木桌子被往后移到壁炉边，儿仿佛成了壁炉的胸墙。

When the Yankees, swarming out of the hills, came upon them, the Southern troops were waiting for them, entrenched behind breastworks, batteries planted, bayonets gleaming, even as they had been at Dalton.

等到些从乱山中涌出的北军向他们起来时，南军经修筑好深沟固垒，架设排炮，亮出刺刀，就像多尔顿样严阵以待了。