| 释义 |
bas·tille
I. noun
or bas·tile \(ˈ)ba|stēl, -aa|-, -ai|-\
(-s)
Etymology: French bastille, from the Bastille, tower in Paris used as a prison, from Middle French bastille tower, fortress, modification of Old Provençal bastida, from bastir to build, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German besten to patch, mend
: a place of detention or imprisonment : prison, jail
< found that the bastille harbored as many drunkards and fighting men as before she began her campaign — Herbert Asbury >
II. transitive verb
or bas·tile \“\
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to confine in or as if in a bastille : imprison |