Bastille

专有名词
/bæˈstiːl/|/bɑː-/|/ˈbæstɪl/|/ˈbɑː-/|[bæˈstɪəɫ]    /bæˈstil/

英文释义

专有名词
  1. A former fortress and prison in Paris, France, the storming of which in 1789 began the French Revolution.

词形变化

the Bastille canonical Bastile alternative,obsolete

词源

Borrowed from French Bastille, from bastille (“fortress”): see further at the English entry bastille. The building was known in full as the Bastille Saint-Antoine, and was a former fortress used as a prison by the French monarchy in the 17th and 18th centuries.
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