parapet

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A sea of faces sought a glimpse of him, but most of the time he stayed out of sight, sipping tea behind a parapet.
海洋般的麪孔在期盼著他的一顧，但大部分時(shí)間裡都看不到他，他在欄桿後麪喝茶。
But it's hard to reach — it's between the main castle wall & the parapet and kissers have to lie on their backs, then bend over backward, holding iron bars for support.
但要想吻到巧言石卻沒(méi)有那麼容易——石頭位於城堡主牆與欄桿之間，所以要吻石頭必須仰麪躺著，把身子弓起來(lái)，雙手抓著鉄欄桿。
The hackney-coach rolled along the trees of the Champs-Elysees. The bust of the driver, whip in hand, could be seen moving along above the parapet.
街車(chē)沿著愛(ài)麗捨廣場(chǎng)的樹(shù)木滾動(dòng)著，人們可以在護(hù)牆上看見(jiàn)車(chē)夫的上半身過(guò)去了，他手裡拿著馬鞭。

And here atop the highest parapet stood two stone burial vaults decorated with the green flags of martyrdom.
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A parapet is a low wall along the edge of something high such as a bridge or roof.