barbican

英 ['bɑːbɪk(ə)n] 美

barbican (n.): "outer fortification of a city or castle," mid-13c., from Old French barbacane (12c.), a general Romanic word, perhaps ultimately from Arabic or Persian (compare bab-khanah "gate-house"). Watkins identifies it as from Old Iranian *pari-varaka "protective," from *wor-o-, suffixed variant form of PIE root *wer- (5) "to cover" (see wier).

1. Warwick Arts Centre is the second largest Arts Centre in Britain, surpassed in size only by London's Barbican.: 沃里克艺术中心是英国第二大艺术中心，规模仅次于伦敦的巴比肯。