Castle
['kɑːs(ə)l] or ['kæsl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) interchanging the positions of the king and a rook.
(noun.) a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack.
(noun.) (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard.
(verb.) move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king.
整理:昆廷--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.
(n.) Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.
(n.) A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.
(n.) A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook.
(v. i.) To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.
編輯:谢尔顿
同義詞及近義詞：
n. [1]. Fortress, citadel, stronghold, fortified residence.[2]. Rook (in chess).
手打:默文
解釋/意思:
n. a fortified house or fortress: the residence of a prince or nobleman or a large country mansion generally: anything built in the likeness of such: a defensive tower borne on an elephant's back: a large ship esp. of war.—v.t. to enclose or fortify with a castle.—v.i. (chess) to bring the castle or rook up to the square next the king and move the king to the other side of the castle.—n. Cas′tellan governor or captain of a castle.—adj. Cas′tellated having turrets and battlements like a castle.—n. Cas′tle-build′ing the act of building castles in the air or forming visionary projects.—adj. Cas′tled furnished with castles.—n. Cas′tle-guard the guard for the defence of a castle.—Castles in the air or in Spain groundless or visionary projects.—The Castle Dublin Castle the seat of the viceroy and the executive—Castle influence &c.
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娱乐性解釋/意思：
To dream of being in a castle, you will be possessed of sufficient wealth to make life as you wish. You have prospects of being a great traveler, enjoying contact with people of many nations. To see an old and vine-covered castle, you are likely to become romantic in your tastes, and care should be taken that you do not contract an undesirable marriage or engagement. Business is depressed after this dream. To dream that you are leaving a castle, you will be robbed of your possessions, or lose your lover or some dear one by death.
手打:萨拜娜
例句/造句/用法:
- My mill is my castle. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Prepare the Castle-hall for the trial of the sorceress. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The horses' hoofs have bored holes in these rocks to the depth of six inches during the hundreds and hundreds of years that the castle was garrisoned. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- They spoke glibly of the after cabin, the for'rard cabin, port and starboard and the fo'castle. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I alighted at Perdita's ancient abode, her cottage; and, sending forward the carriage, determined to walk across the park to the castle. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Nearly seven hundred years ago, that castle was the property of the noble Count Luigi Gennaro Guido Alphonso di Genova---- What was his other name? 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I want to do something splendid before I go into my castle, something heroic or wonderful that won't be forgotten after I'm dead. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- These ornaments are of value, yet are they trifling to what he would bestow to obtain our dismissal from this castle, free and uninjured. 沃爾特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
- The roofs fell away from the castle on the hill. 歐尼斯特·海明威. 永別了,武器.
- Lord Raymond requested permission to accompany her to Windsor Castle, to which she consented, and they quitted the cottage together. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- I returned to Windsor by the Long Walk, and passing through the town towards the Castle, I found it in a state of agitation and disturbance. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Building away with all his might, but reserving the plans of his castle exclusively for his own eye, Mr Dorrit posted away for Marseilles. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- I expressed the readiness I felt, and we went into the castle. 查理斯·狄更斯. 遠大前程.
- The castle walls, and long familiar trees, did not hear the parting sound of our carriage-wheels with regret. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- Thus, we talked of them, and moralized, as with diminished numbers we returned to Windsor Castle. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- He was the first man that brought ships to contemn castles on the shore. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- It would take away his title and his lands and his castles, and--it would take them away from Jane Porter also. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- We have all read of the castles in olden days into which the owner could retire and raise a drawbridge across a ditch, thus putting a barrier in the way of his enemies. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- They had a charming time, for _The Seven Castles Of The Diamond Lake_ was as brilliant and wonderful as heart could wish. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The high and snowy mountains were its immediate boundaries; but we saw no more ruined castles and fertile fields. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- The airy foundation on which I built my castles caused them ever to descend. 哈裡特·威爾遜. 哈裡特·威爾遜回忆录.
- Unimportant people slept about anywhere as retainers did in the medi?val castles and as people still do in Indian households. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Wouldn't it be fun if all the castles in the air which we make could come true, and we could live in them? 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The keepers of those houses or castles might be considered as a sort of military governors. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- The castles, churches and convents of the middle ages had their often highly ornamental locks and their warders to guard and open them. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Hence they remain mere fancies, romantic castles in the air, or aimless speculations. 約翰·杜威. 民主與教育.
- His houses were all built in the form of castles, and seem to have been the principal fortresses which he possessed. 亞當·斯密. 國富論.
- You're going to the theater to see the _Seven Castles! 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Do you remember our castles in the air? 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- The pawns were little green and white men, with real swords and shields; the knights were on horseback, the castles were on the backs of elephants. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
編輯:汤姆