English Dictionary

shield

/ʃiːld/

noun

A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body. / (figuratively) One who protects or defends.

He raised his shield to protect himself from the incoming arrows.

意味（1）

A broad piece of defensive armor, held in hand, formerly in general use in war, for the protection of the body.

Knock go and come; God's vassals drop and die; And sword and shield, In bloody field, Doth win immortal fame.

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(figuratively) One who protects or defends.

Fear not, Abram: I am thy shield, and thy exceeding great reward.

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(lichenology) In lichens, a hardened cup or disk surrounded by a rim and containing the fructification, or asci.

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(mining, tunnelling) A framework used to protect workmen in making an adit under ground, and capable of being pushed along as excavation progresses.

The earth was excavated from the sunken cylinder; the shield was inserted into it, and the tunnelling began, the target being Wapping, on the opposite bank. The shield was an iron honeycomb containing thirty-six cells within which men dug the wall of mud before them.

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(science fiction) A field of energy that protects or defends.

Kinetic barriers, colloquially called "shields", provide protection against most mass accelerator weapons. Whether on a starship or a soldier's suit of armor, the basic principle remains the same.

Kinetic barriers, colloquially called shields, provide protection against most mass accelerator weapons. Whether on a starship or a soldier's suit of armor, the basic principle remains the same. Kinetic barriers are repulsive mass effect fields projected from tiny emitters. These shields safely deflect small objects traveling at rapid velocities. This affords protection from bullets and other dangerous projectiles, but still allows the user to sit down without knocking away their chair.

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(heraldry) The escutcheon or field on which are placed the bearings in coats of arms.

The second and third quarters of the shield are indecipherable on the stone but clearer in two other representations of the arms, a painted wooden funeral hatchment for Mary Davie[…]

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(Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A toilet seat.

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A spot resembling, or having the form of a shield.

Bespotted as with shields of red and black.

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(obsolete) A coin, the old French crown, or écu, having on one side the figure of a shield.

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(transport) A sign or symbol, usually containing numbers and sometimes letters, identifying a highway route.

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(colloquial, law enforcement) A police badge.

The chief put something in his hand and Bosch looked down to see the gold detective's shield.

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(geology) A large expanse of exposed stable Precambrian rock.

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(geology) A wide and relatively low-profiled volcano, usually composed entirely of lava flows.

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(figuratively, Scotland, euphemistic, obsolete) A place with a toilet seat: an outhouse; a lavatory.

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(automotive, British) Parts at the front and back of a vehicle which are meant to absorb the impact of a collision