| 单词 | palace |
| 释义 | palace (once / 80 pages) n A palace is a beautiful, large house where someone important, like a king, lives. Have you ever seen Buckingham Palace? That's where the Queen of England lives, and it's an enormous, ornate, heavily guarded building, which is typical of palaces. Palaces are lavish and over-the-top, because they are usually the home of a ruler such as a king, queen, or dictator. If you don’t live like a king, take comfort in this quote from the English poet John Donne: “Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.” WORD FAMILYpalace: palaces, palatial+/palatial: palatially USAGE EXAMPLESOutside Caesars Palace, a group of people preaching Christianity yelled judgments at the pedestrians with bullhorns. Los Angeles Times(Jan 01, 2017) Crystal Palace goalkeeper Wayne Hennessey: There seem to be a lot of wonder goals recently. BBC(Jan 01, 2017) The palace announced on Dec. 20 she would step down as patron of several charities and other organizations to reduce her workload. Reuters(Jan 01, 2017) 1n official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign) Exp|Hypo|Hyper Alhambra a fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages Lateran Palacea palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th century Tuileries Palacepalace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens Palace of Versaillesa palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles alcazar any of various Spanish fortresses or palaces built by the Moors residence the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president) 2n a large and stately mansion Syn|Exp|Hyper castle Buckingham Palace the London residence of the British sovereign hall, manse, mansion, mansion house, residence a large and imposing house 3n a large ornate exhibition hall Hyper exhibition area, exhibition hall a large hall for holding exhibitions 4n the governing group of a kingdom the palace issued an order binding on all subjects Hyper authorities, government, regime the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit |
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