citadel
英 ['s?t?d(?)l; -del]
美[?s?t?d?l]
- n. 城堡；大本營；避難處
TOEFL低頻詞暢通詞匯
詞態變化
復數:?citadels;
中文詞源
citadel 城堡
詞源同city,城市，城堡。
英文詞源
- citadel
- citadel: see city
- citadel (n.)
- 1580s, "fortress commanding a city," from Middle French citadelle (15c.), from Italian cittadella, diminutive of Old Italian cittade "city" (Modern Italian citta), from Latin civitatem (nominative civitas; also source of Portuguese citadella, Spanish ciuadela; see city).
雙語例句
- 1. The citadel was solid.
- 城堡是堅固的.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The business is no longer regarded as a citadel of commerce.
- 該行業不再被視為貿易的堡壘。
來自辭典例句
- 3. He died for Germany in the gigantic and futile operation called Citadel.
- 他在被稱為“城堡”行動的一次大規模的勞而無功的戰役中陣亡.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Hitler's response was to commit more and air wings to Citadel.
- 希特勒的反應是把更多的師和空軍聯隊撥歸“城堡”行動使用.
來自辭典例句
- 5. The citadel of the Commonwealth and Empire could not be stormed.
- 聯邦和帝國的堡壘是攻不破的.
來自辭典例句