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

" 不，太太，我们在这个城修筑了百万英里的墙呢。"

" Yes, Ma'm. That's what we're doing. We're the last of the men from the breastworks, 'bout a mile north from here."

“是的，太太。正是这样，我们是最后一批从防御工事中撤出来的，从大约一英里的地方。”

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而准备的，那张大橡木桌子已被往后移到壁，在那儿仿佛成了壁的胸墙。

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.

等到那些从乱山中涌出的军向他们起来时，南军已经修筑好深沟固垒，架设排炮，亮出刺刀，就像在多尔顿那样严阵以待了。