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n.城堡
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动词过去式:castled 过去分词:castled 现在分词:castling 第三人称单数:castles

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castle


/'kɑ:sl; [US] 'kæsl; `kæsl/

1 large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls, towers, battlements and sometimes a moat 城堡; 堡垒
*a medieval castle 中世纪的城堡
* Windsor Castle 温莎宫. =>illus 见插图.
2 (also rook) (in chess) any of the four pieces placed in the corner squares of the board at the start of a game (国际象棋的)车. =>illus at chess 见chess之插图.
3 (idm 习语) (build) castles in the `air/in `Spain (have) plans or hopes that are unlikely to be realized; day-dreams 空中楼阁; 白日梦. an English-man's home is his castle => Englishman (English).

v [I] (as a single move in chess) move either castle to the square next to the king and the king to the square on the other side of that castle (国际象棋中的一步)用车护王.

castle


n[C]

[Date: 1000-1100; Language: Old North French;Origin: castel, from Latin castellum 'building with a defensive wall', from castrum 'defended place, camp']
alsoCastle
a very large strong building, built in the past as a safe place that could be easily defended against attack
 Edinburgh Castle
 a ruined castle
one of the pieces used in a game of chess. Each player has two castles, which start the game in the corner squares, and can move only forwards or sideways
= rook
castles in the air
plans or hopes that you have that are unlikely ever to become real
1. The old castle walls are crumbling.
    古城堡的墙在碎裂。

2. The high stern castle was a riot of carved gods, demons, knights, kings, warriors, mermaids,
    其尾部高耸的船楼上雕满了神仙, 妖魔鬼怪, 骑士, 国王, 勇士, 美人鱼, 天使;

3. The high stern castle was a riot of carved gods, demons, knights, kings, warriors, mermaids,
    其尾部高耸的船楼上雕满了神仙, 妖魔鬼怪, 骑士, 国王, 勇士, 美人鱼, 天使;

4. The placid lake reflected the image of the old castle.
    那平静的湖面上映着古堡的影像。

5. The castle has a lovely situation on a hill.
    城堡座落在山上,环境优美。

6. The high stern castle was a riot of carved gods, demons, knights, kings, warriors, mermaids, cherubs;
    高耸的船楼上雕刻了令人眼花缭乱的神仙、妖魔、骑士、国王、武士、美人鱼和小天使,

7. A ghost haunts the castle.
    这个城堡闹鬼。

8. A person who would really like to live in a castle would probably be more at home in the Middle Ages.
    一个确实愿意住在城堡里的人,如果生活在中世纪可能会更自在。

9. Officials point out, for example, that Sleeping Beauty's castle, the central feature of the theme park, is based not on Hollywood, as some might think, but on the illustrations in a medieval European book.
    公司的行政人员指出,例如,睡美人的城堡这个主题公园的中心建筑不是像一些人所想的那样根据好莱坞的作品创造的,而是根据一本欧洲中世纪的书中的插图建造的。

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