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土牢,地牢;城堡主楼
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Dungeon \Dun"geon\, v. t.
To shut up in a dungeon. --Bp. Hall.
Dungeon \Dun"geon\, n. [OE. donjoun highest tower of a castle,
tower, prison, F. donjon tower or platform in the midst of a
castle, turret, or closet on the top of a house, a keep of a
castle, LL. domnio, the same word as LL. dominus lord. See
{Dame}, {Don}, and cf. {Dominion}, {Domain}, {Demesne},
{Danger}, {Donjon}.]
A close, dark prison, common?, under ground, as if the lower
apartments of the donjon or keep of a castle, these being
used as prisons.
Down with him even into the deep dungeon. -- Tyndale.
Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. --
Macaulay.
资料来源 : WordNet®
dungeon
n 1: the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or
fortress [syn: {keep}, {donjon}]
2: a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be
confined
资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Dungeon
{Zork}