castle
castle 英 [ˈkɑ:sl] 美 [ˈkæsl]
n. 城堡；
进行时:castling 过去式:castled 过去分词:castled 第三人称单数:castles 名词复数:castles
- A castle is a huge, grand home where a king or queen might live. Almost all castles are also fortified against attacks by enemy armies.
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- n. 城堡；
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1. We are walking to the castle.
我们朝城堡走去。
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2. The castle lies on a hilltop.
这个城堡座落在山顶上。
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3. The king ask them to attack the castle.
国王让他们向城堡发起进攻。
- castle (n.) late Old English castel "village" (this sense from a biblical usage in Vulgar Latin); later "large building or series of connected buildings fortified for defense, fortress, stronghold" (late Old English), in this sense from Old North French castel (Old French chastel, 12c.; Modern French château), from Latin castellum "a castle, fort, citadel, stronghold; fortified village," diminutive of castrum "fort," from Proto-Italic *kastro- "part, share;" cognate with Old Irish cather, Welsh caer "town" (probably related to castrare via notion of "cut off," from PIE root *kes- "to cut"). In early bibles, castle was used to translate Greek kome "village."
- castle (v.) chess move involving the king and the rook, recorded under this name from 1650s, from castle (n.), as an old alternative name for the rook. Earlier, the verb meant "fortify (a place) with castles" (c. 1500); "provide (a ship) with fortified towers" (c. 1400); "decorate (a dish) with paper towers, etc." (late 14c.). Related: Castled; castling.
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