| 单词 | bastille |
| 释义 | bastille /ba steel"/; Fr. /banns tee"yeu/, n. , pl. bastilles /ba steelz"/; Fr. /banns tee"yeu/. 1. (cap.) a fortress in Paris, used as a prison, built in the 14th century and destroyed July 14, 1789. 2. any prison or jail, esp. one conducted in a tyrannical way. 3. a fortified tower, as of a castle; a small fortress; citadel. Also, bastile /ba steel"/. [1350-1400; ME bastile < MF, prob. alter. of bastide BASTIDE, with -ile ( < ML, L -ile n. suffix of place) r. -ide; r. ME bastel < OF basstel, with -el similarly r. -ide] |
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