dungeon

英 [ˈdʌndʒən]

美 [ˈdʌndʒən]

n.  (尤指城堡中的)地牢，土牢

复数：dungeons　

TOEFLTEM8

BNC.16152 / COCA.17135

牛津词典

noun

• （尤指城堡中的）地牢，土牢
  a dark underground room used as a prison, especially in a castle

柯林斯词典

• (城堡中的)地牢,土牢
  Adungeonis a dark underground prison in a castle.

英英释义

noun

• a dark cell (usually underground) where prisoners can be confined
• the main tower within the walls of a medieval castle or fortress
  Synonym:keepdonjon

双语例句

• This place is awful like a dungeon!
  这地方真要命，象个土牢！
• My noble half-brother whose throne I usurped will be killed, not kept anonymously imprisoned in a forgotten cell of my dungeon.
  被我篡夺王位的兄弟，我将会把他杀了，而不是囚禁在地牢中某个被遗忘的角。
• We were building a dungeon down there.
  我们在那下面造的是一个地牢。
• From out the dungeon, came a groan.
  从牢中传出呻吟的声音。演出绝对是非传统的。传单来了，刚刚印出来的！
• It intot he dungeon corridor of the castle's inner stronghold.
  进入了城堡内部的要塞的地牢走廊里。
• By the time he and I dueled, he had been retired and holed up in that dungeon of his for decades.
  和我决斗的时候，他已经退休了，而且在他那座地城里面藏了几十年。
• After six months in a dungeon, he mutilated a prostitute.
  六个月后在地牢中，一个妓女被他毁了容。
• And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
  他们用绳子将耶利米系下去。牢狱里没有水，只有淤泥，耶利米就陷在淤泥中。
• Some prisoners in the dungeon will be released tomorrow.
  一些地牢内的犯人将于明天被释放。
• A murky dungeon; murky rooms lit by smoke-blackened lamps.
  阴暗的地牢；亮着被烟熏黑了的灯的阴暗的房间。