citadel
英 ['s?t?d(?)l; -del]
美[?s?t?d?l]
- n. 城堡；大本营；避难处
TOEFL低频词畅通词汇
词态变化
复数:?citadels;
中文词源
citadel 城堡
词源同city,城市，城堡。
英文词源
- 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).
双语例句
- 1. The citadel was solid.
- 城堡是坚固的.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 2. The business is no longer regarded as a citadel of commerce.
- 该行业不再被视为贸易的堡垒。
来自辞典例句
- 3. He died for Germany in the gigantic and futile operation called Citadel.
- 他在被称为“城堡”行动的一次大规模的劳而无功的战役中阵亡.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Hitler's response was to commit more and air wings to Citadel.
- 希特勒的反应是把更多的师和空军联队拨归“城堡”行动使用.
来自辞典例句
- 5. The citadel of the Commonwealth and Empire could not be stormed.
- 联邦和帝国的堡垒是攻不破的.
来自辞典例句