| 单词 | bastille |
| 释义 | bastille (once / 124414 pages) n WORD FAMILY bastille: bastilles USAGE EXAMPLESReading some of the coverage, you’d think someone was storming the bastille. Forbes(Jun 29, 2015) “There are more prisoners in my bastille, my jail, and higher costs for arrests.” US News(Mar 05, 2015) In Russia every mouth is a bastille and every tongue a convict. Ingersoll, Robert Green, The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, V...(2012) n a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner) Hyper clink, gaol, jail, jailhouse, pokey, poky, slammer a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence) prison, prison housea correctional institution where persons are confined while on trial or for punishment Bastille (once / 9242 pages) n WORD FAMILY Bastille: Bastilles USAGE EXAMPLESIn Nice in July, 86 people died during Bastille Day celebrations when a lorry drove into crowds on the Promenade des Anglais. BBC(Dec 30, 2016) In July, a terrorist drove a truck into a Bastille Day crowd in Nice, France, killing 86 and injuring more than 400 others. Seattle Times(Dec 30, 2016) The July 14 killings involved a cargo truck driven into a crowd on Bastille Day, killing 86 people and injuring 434 others. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) n a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution Exp fort, fortress a fortified defensive structure |
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