A stockade is a wall made of tall, thick wooden posts standing straight up in the ground, side by side, built to protect a place. Think of an old fort in a Western movie: the soldiers are inside, and around them stands a ring of pointed logs. That is a stockade.

A stockade Stockade is是 a wall made of tall, thick wooden posts standing straight up in the ground, side by side一道用高大粗厚的木樁一根根直立並排插在地上做成的牆 built to protect a place用來保護一個地方。 Think of想像一下 an old fort in a Western movie西部片裡的一座舊堡壘 the soldiers are inside士兵在裡面 and around them stands a ring of pointed logs周圍圍著一圈尖頭木樁。 That那 is a stockade就是 stockade。

The posts are usually sharpened at the top so nobody can climb over easily. It is a defence wall, not a garden fence — a stockade is heavy, tall enough that you cannot see over it, and built in a hurry by people who are worried about being attacked.

The posts這些木樁 are usually sharpened at the top通常頂端會削尖 so nobody can climb over easily這樣就沒人能輕易爬過去。 It它 is a defence wall, not a garden fence是一種防禦牆，不是花園圍籬 a stockade is heavy, tall enough that you cannot see over it stockade 又厚重、又高到讓人看不過去 and built in a hurry by people who are worried about being attacked，是擔心受攻擊的人趕著蓋起來的。

You meet this word mostly in history books, in stories about forts, colonies, and frontier towns, or in films. Almost nobody builds one today, so if a Taiwanese student uses it about a fence around a school, it will sound very strange and rather dramatic.

You你 meet this word mostly in history books大多在歷史書裡遇到這個字 in stories about forts, colonies, and frontier towns出現在關於堡壘、殖民地和邊境小鎮的故事裡 or in films或是電影裡。 Almost nobody builds one today現在幾乎沒有人在蓋這種東西 so if a Taiwanese student uses it about a fence around a school所以如果台灣學生拿它來形容學校的圍牆 it will sound very strange and rather dramatic聽起來會非常奇怪又有點誇張。

There is a second use worth knowing: in American English, a stockade can also mean a military prison — the place a soldier is locked up in. That comes from the same idea, because the first ones were simply an area closed in by these wooden walls.

There is a second use worth knowing還有一個值得知道的第二種用法 in American English在美式英文裡 a stockade can also mean a military prison stockade 也可以指軍事監獄 — the place a soldier is locked up in也就是士兵被關的地方。 That這個用法 comes from the same idea源自同一個概念 because the first ones were simply an area closed in by these wooden walls因為最早的軍獄就只是用這種木牆圍起來的一塊地方。

So 'He spent thirty days in the stockade' means he was in army jail, not standing next to a fence.

So所以 'He spent thirty days in the stockade'「He spent thirty days in the stockade」這句話 means he was in army jail意思是他被關在軍獄裡三十天 not standing next to a fence不是站在圍牆旁邊。

And it can be a verb — to stockade a place is to build such a wall around it — though you will honestly almost never need that.

And it can be a verb它也可以當動詞 to stockade a place is to build such a wall around it to stockade a place 就是在一個地方蓋起這樣一道牆 though you will honestly almost never need that不過老實說你幾乎用不到這個用法。