castle
castle
noun
castles in the air (或 in Spain)
castled
adjective
noun
- a large building or group of buildings fortified against attack with thick walls, battlements, towers, and in many cases a moat
城堡，堡垒
■a magnificent and imposing mansion, especially one that is the home or former home of a member of the nobility
（尤指贵族现在或旧时所住的）宫堡，巨宅，宅邸
[as names]Castle Howard.
霍华德堡。
■(Chess, informal,). old-fashionedterm for rook
(棋，非正式，旧)。 同 rook
- [no obj.][often as noun castling](Chess)make a special move (no more than once in a game by each player) in which the king is transferred from its original square two squares along the back rank towards a rook on its corner square which is then transferred to the square passed over by the king
(棋)王车易位，用车护王
■[with obj.]move (the king) in this way
使（王）与车易位
castles in the air (或 in Spain)
- visionary unattainable schemes; daydreams
空中楼阁，空想而不可实现的计划，白日梦
my father built castles in the air about owning a boat.
我爸爸做了拥有一条船这样的白日梦。
castled
adjective
- (archaic).)
( 古).)
- late Old English: from Anglo-Norman French and Old Northern French castel, from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum 'fort'
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