castle 音标拼音: [k'æsəl]
n . 城堡,象棋中的车
vt . 置于城堡中,筑城堡防御
城堡,象棋中的车置於城堡中,筑城堡防御
castle n 1 :
a large and stately mansion [
synonym : {
palace }, {
castle }]
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 [
synonym : {
castle }, {
rook }]
4 :
interchanging the positions of the king and a rook [
synonym :
{
castle }, {
castling }]
v 1 :
move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king Castle \
Cas "
tle \,
n . [
AS .
castel ,
fr .
L .
castellum ,
dim .
of castrum a fortified place ,
castle .]
1 .
A fortified residence ,
especially that of a prince or nobleman ;
a fortress .
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The house of every one is to him castle and fortress ,
as well for his defense againts injury and violence ,
as for his repose . --
Coke .
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Our castle '
s strength Will laugh a siege to scorn . --
Shak .
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Note :
Originally the medi [
ae ]
val castle was a single strong tower or keep ,
with a palisaded inclosure around it and inferior buidings ,
such as stables and the like ,
and surrounded by a moat ;
then such a keep or donjon ,
with courtyards or baileys and accessory buildings of greater elaboration a great hall and a chapel ,
all surrounded by defensive walls and a moat ,
with a drawbridge ,
etc .
Afterwards the name was retained by large dwellings that had formerly been fortresses ,
or by those which replaced ancient fortresses .
A Donjon or Keep ,
an irregular building containing the dwelling of the lord and his family ;
B C Large round towers ferming part of the donjon and of the exterior ;
D Square tower ,
separating the two inner courts and forming part of the donjon ;
E Chapel ,
whose apse forms a half -
round tower ,
F ,
on the exterior walls ;
G H Round towers on the exterior walls ;
K Postern gate ,
reached from outside by a removable fight of steps or inclined plane for hoisting in stores ,
and leading to a court ,
L (
see small digagram )
whose pavement is on a level with the sill of the postern ,
but below the level of the larger court ,
with which it communicates by a separately fortified gateway ;
M Turret ,
containing spiral stairway to all the stories of the great tower ,
B ,
and serving also as a station for signal fire ,
banner ,
etc .;
N Turret with stairway for tower ,
C ;
O Echauguettes ;
P P P Battlemants consisting of merlons and crenels alternately ,
the merlons being pierced by loopholes ;
Q Q Machicolations (
those at Q defend the postern K );
R Outwork defending the approach ,
which is a road ascending the hill and passing under all four faces of the castle ;
S S Wall of the outer bailey .
The road of approach enters the bailey at T and passes thence into the castle by the main entrance gateway (
which is in the wall between ,
and defended by the towers ,
C H )
and over two drawbridges and through fortified passages to the inner court .
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2 .
Any strong ,
imposing ,
and stately mansion .
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3 .
A small tower ,
as on a ship ,
or an elephant '
s back .
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4 .
A piece ,
made to represent a castle ,
used in the game of chess ;
a rook .
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{
Castle in the air },
a visionary project ;
a baseless scheme ;
an air castle ; --
sometimes called a {
castle in Spain } (
F .
Ch [^
a ]
teau en Espagne ).
Syn :
Fortress ;
fortification ;
citadel ;
stronghold .
See {
Fortress }.
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Castle \
Cas "
tle \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Castled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Castling }.] (
Chess )
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 .
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50 Moby Thesaurus words for "
castle ":
acropolis ,
bastion ,
beachhead ,
bishop ,
blockhouse ,
bridgehead ,
bunker ,
chateau ,
chessman ,
citadel ,
court ,
donjon ,
fasthold ,
fastness ,
fort ,
fortress ,
garrison ,
garrison house ,
hall ,
hold ,
keep ,
king ,
knight ,
man ,
manor ,
mansion ,
martello ,
martello tower ,
mote ,
motte ,
palace ,
palais ,
palatial residence ,
palazzo ,
pawn ,
peel ,
peel tower ,
piece ,
pillbox ,
post ,
queen ,
rath ,
rook ,
safehold ,
strong point ,
stronghold ,
tower ,
tower of strength ,
villa ,
ward
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