dungeon

英['d?n(d)?(?)n] 美['d?nd??n]

反義詞

復(fù)數(shù):?dungeons;

dungeon........蹲進(jìn)（坐牢）.............地牢
2. 地下城與勇士：DNF：Dungeon and Fighter

dungeon 地牢

可能來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ)dominus, 城堡領(lǐng)主，詞源同domain. 由該詞引申詞義城堡地牢，拼寫(xiě)比較同源詞danger. 或來(lái)自PIE*dhengh, 覆蓋，引申詞義隱蔽的地牢或土牢。

dungeon: dungeon: [14] In common with a wide range of other English words, including danger, demesne, dominion, domino, and don, dungeon comes ultimately from Latin dominus ‘lord, master’. Derived from this was dominium ‘property’ (source of English dominion), which in postclassical times became dominiō or domniō, meaning ‘lord’s tower’.

In Old French this became donjon, the term for a ‘castle keep’, and eventually, by extension, a ‘secure (underground) cell’. English acquired the package in the 14th century, but in common usage has retained only the latter sense, in the adapted Middle English spelling (although the original Old French form remains in use as a technical term for a ‘castle keep’).
=> dame, danger, demesne, dominion, dominate
dungeon (n.): c. 1300, "great tower of a castle," from Old French donjon "great tower of a castle" (12c.), from Gallo-Roman *dominionem, from Late Latin dominium, from Latin dominus "master" (of the castle; see domain). Sense of "castle keep" led to "strong (underground) cell" in English early 14c. The original sense went with the variant donjon.

1. John had Maude and her son cast into a dungeon.: 約翰讓人將莫德和她的兒子關(guān)進(jìn)了地牢。

3. I could now see more clearly the nature of the dungeon.: 現(xiàn)在我能更清楚地看清地牢的情況.

4. Today's asylum might be the dungeon of tomorrow.: 今天的庇護(hù)所可能會(huì)變成明天的地牢.