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单词 citadel
释义
citadelcit‧a‧del /ˈsɪtədəl, -del/ noun [countable] Word Origin
WORD ORIGINcitadel
Origin:
1500-1600 French citadelle, from Old Italian cittadella, from cittade ‘city’, from Latin civitas; CITY
Examples
EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
  • Far from being a challenger for power, it could not even hold on to its old citadels.
  • In the citadel of St Martial everyone's nerves were on edge.
  • It seemed that the verderers were going towards the outlaws' citadel, not away from it.
  • New Zealand became the citadel of the new right.
  • Outside this was a citadel, fortified like the inner bailey, but containing a greater number of buildings.
  • Whenever there was fighting around Limoges one permanent complicating factor was the rivalry between city and citadel.
  • With your help, and that of the Forteviot men, the main citadels may still be standing.
Phrases
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
  • The U.S. is often seen as the citadel of capitalism.
  • Deep structural changes will be necessary in developing countries if literacy is to go beyond the citadels of the elites.
  • Having emptied the citadel of gold and silver he left Limoges and went off in search of new sources of pay for his mercenaries.
  • In the citadel of St Martial everyone's nerves were on edge.
  • Instead they concentrated all their energies on subduing the rebels' capital, the citadel of St Martial's.
  • Look at it, the golden evening, the snowy mountains, the citadel of the Alhambra.
  • New Zealand became the citadel of the new right.
  • That these people would one day be enthroned in the citadel of power could not have seemed conceivable to him.
  • The superbly sited Hellenistic theatres at the citadel of Pergamon and Termessos were only slightly altered in Roman times.
1a strong fort (=small castle) built in the past as a place where people could go for safety if their city was attacked SYN  fortress2the citadel of something literary a place or situation in which an idea, principle, system etc that you think is important is kept safe SYN  stronghold:  the last citadel of freedom
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