castle.
城堡,堡垒,古堡
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n.noun · 名词
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- ›a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
- ›the chief and strongest part of the fortifications of a medieval city.
- ›a strongly fortified, permanently garrisoned stronghold.
- ›a large and stately residence, especially one, with high walls and towers, that imitates the form of a medieval castle.
- ›any place providing security and privacy: It may be small, but my home is my castle.
- ›Chess. the rook.
v.verb · 有主动词
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cas·tled, cas·tling.
- ›to place or enclose in or as in a castle.
- ›Chess. to move in castling.
v.verb · 无主动词
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cas·tled, cas·tling.Chess.
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Whoever sent more soldiers to a given castle conquered that castle and won its victory points.
The top strategies clustered soldiers into a small number of castles worth exactly 28 points.
Photographer Jose Villa regularly flies around the world to shoot couples’ wedding celebrations, whether it’s a castle in Tuscany, a ballroom in Malaysia, or a private estate in Napa Valley.
Each castle has its own strategic value for a would-be conqueror.
Specifically, the castles are worth 1, 2, 3, …, 12, and 13 victory points.
I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.
Crain posted a cash bond of $102.50 apiece shortly before 1:30 P.M., and they returned to the Castle Hotel.
Denton, who speaks in the clipped cadence of the Oxford-educated Brit he is, has built quite a castle.
Terry Castle has this great book called The Professor, which came out after I was in grad school.
Well, the dwarfs took pity on him and gave him the coffin, and the prince had it carried to his castle.