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castle

/kas-uhl, kah-suhl/US // ˈkæs əl, ˈkɑ səl //UK // (ˈkɑːsəl) //

城堡,堡垒,古堡

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
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    • : a fortified, usually walled residence, as of a prince or noble in feudal times.
    • : the chief and strongest part of the fortifications of a medieval city.
    • : a strongly fortified, permanently garrisoned stronghold.
    • : a large and stately residence, especially one, with high walls and towers, that imitates the form of a medieval castle.
    • : any place providing security and privacy: It may be small, but my home is my castle.
    • : Chess. the rook.
v.有主动词 verb
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    cas·tled, cas·tling.

    • : to place or enclose in or as in a castle.
    • : Chess. to move in castling.
v.无主动词 verb
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    cas·tled, cas·tling.Chess.

    • : to move the king two squares horizontally and bring the appropriate rook to the square the king has passed over.
    • : to be moved in this manner.

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Examples

  • Whoever sent more soldiers to a given castle conquered that castle and won its victory points.

  • The top strategies clustered soldiers into a small number of castles worth exactly 28 points.

  • Photographer Jose Villa regularly flies around the world to shoot couples’ wedding celebrations, whether it’s a castle in Tuscany, a ballroom in Malaysia, or a private estate in Napa Valley.

  • Each castle has its own strategic value for a would-be conqueror.

  • Specifically, the castles are worth 1, 2, 3, …, 12, and 13 victory points.

  • I meet Otis J. the night he arrives at “The Castle,” a West Harlem halfway house for newly-released convicts.

  • Crain posted a cash bond of $102.50 apiece shortly before 1:30 P.M., and they returned to the Castle Hotel.

  • Denton, who speaks in the clipped cadence of the Oxford-educated Brit he is, has built quite a castle.

  • Terry Castle has this great book called The Professor, which came out after I was in grad school.

  • Well, the dwarfs took pity on him and gave him the coffin, and the prince had it carried to his castle.

  • Walls End Castle, when the party broke up, returned to its normal state.

  • His presence, also, always graced Walls End Castle at the regulation periods.

  • His lordship during the earlier part of his reign never came near Walls End Castle.

  • Nothing doubtful or "reputed" ever arrived in the huge packing-cases consigned to Walls End Castle.

  • Thank you for nothing, Reginald; however, I shall certainly take a dip in the lucky-bag at the Castle.