castle

英 ['kɑːsl] 美 ['kæsl]

• n. 城堡
• v. 置于城堡中；(棋)移动王车易位

双解释义

n. (名词)

1. [C]城堡,堡垒

   large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls, towers, battlements and sometimes a moat

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 城堡，城，堡垒，建筑物
2. 城形棋子
3. 船楼
4. 车
5. 都伯林城
6. 避居地
7. 城堡式建筑，巨宅，大宅邸
8. 国际象棋
9. 空中楼阁
10. 幻想，空想
11. 象棋中的车
12. 国际象棋中的"城堡"
13. 卡斯尔（美国）

v. 动词

1. 筑城堡防御，筑城堡防卫，受城堡保护
2. 把...置于城堡中
3. 用车护（王），（棋）移动王车易位
4. 用城堡护（王）

英英释义

Noun:

1. a large and stately mansion

2. a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack

3. (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard

4. interchanging the positions of the king and a rook

Verb:

1. move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. A spirit haunts the castle.
   幽灵常出没于古堡。
2. The mist eddied round the old castle.
   薄雾在那座古老的城堡的周围打转转。
3. The castle has fallen into decay in the last100 years.
   这座古堡在近100年里渐渐荒废了。
4. The prince lived in a large and beautiful castle.
   王子住在一个美丽的大城堡里。
5. A thick forest girdled the castle about.
   一片浓密的森林包围着城堡。

常见句型

用作名词 (n.)

1. The ancient castle commands the town.
   这座古堡俯瞰全城。
2. Castles were lived in by rulers and powerful people.
   城堡由统治者和有权势的人居住。
3. The castle was built in the 80's of the 18th century.
   那座城堡是18世纪80年代建造的。
4. The lofty walls of the castle seemed impregnable.
   这座城堡的高墙似乎坚不可摧。
5. The castle stands in a picturesque setting surrounded by hills.
   这座城堡四周环山,风景如画。

经典引文

• An Englishman's house is his castle.

  出自：Proverb

常用短语

用作名词 (n.)

a castle in the air

空中楼阁 only an idea in mind

词汇搭配

用作名词 (n.)

动词+～

• assail a castle 夺取城堡
• build a castle 建一座城堡
• live in a castle 住在城堡中
• take a castle 夺取城堡

形容词+～

• beautiful castle 美丽的城堡
• impregnable castle 坚不可摧的城堡
• large castle 巨大的城堡
• strong castle 坚固的城堡

词语用法

n. (名词)

1. castle的意思是“城堡”,指有别于皇宫,供君主或有权势的人居住的地方,常有厚墙、塔楼、城垛,有时还有护城河。
2. castle是可数名词,复数形式为castles。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的castel；最初源自古法国北方语的castel，意为大型有保护的建筑。

近反义词

【近义词】

• mansion
• palace