n.[C]

1. （舊時用木材構建的開有槍眼、第二層突出的）堡壘
   The burly soldier paused at the foot of the blockhouse.

   魁梧的士兵在堡壘下停了下來。

2. 木屋
   He was superintending the work on the blockhouse we were building.

   他正在指揮我們造木屋的工作。

3. 碉堡
   Our eyes caught sight of a form in the blockhouse port.

   我們看到碉堡發射孔裡有人影。

4. （發射火箭等時保護工作人員用的）掩體，發射管制臺
   Heavy feet pounded on the platform of the blockhouse.

   沉重的腳步在掩體臺上走動。

n.

1. a reinforced concrete shelter used as an observation point.
   ▸historical a one-storeyed timber building used as a fort.
2. US a house made of squared logs.