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dungeon n.地牢；土牢；城堡主塔 (1) 他们被人驱赶进入一个黑暗的地牢。(2) 那个可怜的农民被投进了地牢。(3) 第一幕启幕时，舞台上现出了地主家里的一个地牢。(4) 这地方真要命，象个土牢！(5) 几天前，他刚从土牢里被放出来。(6) 你可以从地堡（牢）直到城堡的屋顶参观游览。 In fact, the original meaning of dungeon was of something overground rather than underground, coming from the Old French term donjon, meaning the "great tower of a castle," and the underground meaning only came later. Rapunzel in the fairy tale was held captive in a tower rather than an underground cell and if she hadn't been, her long hair wouldn't have been much help in her escape.

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英 ['dʌndʒən] 美 ['dʌndʒən] (1) They were driven into a dark dungeon.(2) The poor peasant was thrown into a dungeon.(3) In the first act the curtain goes up on a dungeon in a landlord's house.(4) This place is awful like a dungeon!(5) He was just set free from a dungeon a few days ago.(6) You can explore the castle from dungeon to tower. That dank, stone-walled underground prison where wretched prisoners were kept manacled in medieval days? That was a dungeon, otherwise known as the "keep," and most familiar to us today from a million video games and movies. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词](城堡中的)地牢，土牢 A dungeon is a dark underground prison in a castle.

英语单词	dungeon
英美音标	英 ['dʌndʒən] 美 ['dʌndʒən]
中文释义	n.地牢；土牢；城堡主塔
英语例句	(1) They were driven into a dark dungeon. (2) The poor peasant was thrown into a dungeon. (3) In the first act the curtain goes up on a dungeon in a landlord's house. (4) This place is awful like a dungeon! (5) He was just set free from a dungeon a few days ago. (6) You can explore the castle from dungeon to tower.
中文例句	(1) 他们被人驱赶进入一个黑暗的地牢。 (2) 那个可怜的农民被投进了地牢。 (3) 第一幕启幕时，舞台上现出了地主家里的一个地牢。 (4) 这地方真要命，象个土牢！ (5) 几天前，他刚从土牢里被放出来。 (6) 你可以从地堡（牢）直到城堡的屋顶参观游览。
vocabulary简明	That dank, stone-walled underground prison where wretched prisoners were kept manacled in medieval days? That was a dungeon, otherwise known as the "keep," and most familiar to us today from a million video games and movies.
vocabulary扩展	In fact, the original meaning of dungeon was of something overground rather than underground, coming from the Old French term donjon, meaning the "great tower of a castle," and the underground meaning only came later. Rapunzel in the fairy tale was held captive in a tower rather than an underground cell and if she hadn't been, her long hair wouldn't have been much help in her escape.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词](城堡中的)地牢，土牢 A dungeon is a dark underground prison in a castle.

Dungeon Underground Meaning Dark Prison Tower 英 Dʌndʒən] 美