Ironclad

[aɪən'klæd] or ['aɪɚnklæd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a wooden warship of the 19th century that is plated with iron or steel armor.

(adj.) inflexibly entrenched and unchangeable; 'brassbound traditions'; 'brassbound party loyalists'; 'an ironclad rule' .

(adj.) sheathed in iron plates for protection .

贝莎整理--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) Clad in iron; protected or covered with iron, as a vessel for naval warfare.

(a.) Rigorous; severe; exacting; as, an ironclad oath or pledge.

(n.) A naval vessel having the parts above water covered and protected by iron or steel usually in large plates closely joined and made sufficiently thick and strong to resist heavy shot.

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