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单词 castle-guards
释义

castle /käsˈl/

noun
  1. A fortified house or fortress
  2. The residence of a prince or nobleman, or a large country mansion generally
  3. In chess, a rook (informal or childish)
  4. A defensive tower borne on an elephant's back (historical)
  5. A large ship, esp of war (historical)
transitive verb

To enclose or fortify with a castle

intransitive verb

In chess, to move the king two squares along the row towards a rook and then place the rook on the square the king has passed over

ORIGIN: OE castel, from L castellum, dimin of castrum a fortified place

castellan /kasˈtəl-an/ noun

The governor or keeper of a castle

castellated /kasˈtel-āt-id/ adjective

  1. Having turrets and battlements like a castle
  2. (of a nut, etc) having grooves or indentations

castellāˈtion noun

  1. Provision of battlements
  2. Battlements

castellˈum noun

  1. A small Roman fort
  2. A mile-castle

casˈtled adjective

Provided with or having castles

casˈtle-building noun

The act of building castles in the air or forming visionary projects

casˈtle-guard noun

The guard for the defence of a castle

castle nut noun

A six-sided nut with six radial slots, two of which line up with a hole in the bolt or screw, a split pin preventing turning

castles in the air or in Spain

Imaginary or unrealistic plans, projects or hopes

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