Bastille
[bæs'til]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner).
(noun.) a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution.
錄入:玛丽埃塔--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
n. an old fortress in Paris long used as a stale prison and demolished by a revolutionary mob in July 1789: any prison regarded as a symbol of tyranny.
錄入:斯威尼
例句/造句/用法:
- Instead he let him remain in his dungeon in the Bastille, where he died in 1589. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- The grim-looking prison of the Bastille was stormed by the people of Paris, and the insurrection spread rapidly throughout France. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- You did good service at the taking of the Bastille, citizen? 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Saint Antoine was clamorous to have its wine-shop keeper foremost in the guard upon the governor who had defended the Bastille and shot the people. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Help for the Bastille prisoner's kindred in La Force! 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- I have been a Bastille prisoner. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- A team of horses couldn't draw her back now; the bolts and bars of the old Bastille couldn't keep her. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- In the exercise of his skill, the appearance and the story of the Bastille Captive removed him from all other men. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Inform the Tribunal of what you did that day within the Bastille, citizen. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- In France--who, knowing me to have been a prisoner in the Bastille, would touch me, except to overwhelm me with embraces, or carry me in triumph. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- Room for the Bastille prisoner in front there! 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
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