The first, or front, line of trenches was known as the outpost line and was thinly held by scattered machine gunners distributed behind dense entanglements of barbed wire.

第一条——或者说是最前方的壕沟被称为前哨壕，在密集缠结的铁丝网后分散布置了稀疏的机枪位。

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He said it had been previously suggested that barbed wire or barriers could be erected as a safety measure.

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The fence consisted of seven or eight strands of high-voltage barbed wire, spaced about a foot apart, strung between tall poles.

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After half an hour or so, the Tahoe drives up to a gated complex with a barbed wire fence and from there to a small low-lying building surrounded by a handful of Iraqis in jumpsuits.

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