castle
1 large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls, towers, battlements and sometimes a moat 城堡; 堡垒
a medieval castle 中世纪的城堡
Windsor Castle 温莎宫. =>illus 见插图.
2 (also rook) (in chess) any of the four pieces placed in the corner squares of the board at the start of a game (国际象棋的)车. =>illus at chess 见chess之插图.
3 (idm 习语) (build) castles in the `air/in `Spain (have) plans or hopes that are unlikely to be realized; day-dreams 空中楼阁; 白日梦. an English-man's home is his castle => Englishman (English). castle, v [I]
(as a single move in chess) move either castle to the square next to the king and the king to the square on the other side of that castle (国际象棋中的一步)用车护王.
roarvi. 咆哮;喧闹;吼叫;混乱或吵闹;
vt. 大声喊出;使…轰鸣;吼,咆啸;
n. 吼叫声,咆哮声,呼啸声;狂笑,大笑;
artn. 艺术;艺术作品;(需要技术、工艺的)行业;文艺(包括绘画、雕塑、建筑、音乐、舞蹈、戏剧、文学等);
vi. thou art 即 you are,对一人讲话时用;
adj. 艺术的;(为)艺术家的;艺术品的;具有艺术性的;
vt.& vi. [口语](把…)装饰得古色古香,(把…)装饰得古怪而有艺术趣味,把…装饰得有艺术价值;把…加以艺术乔装,使艺术化[仅用于 art up 短语中];