bas·tille /bæˈsti(ə)l/
城堡;牢獄
Bas·tile Bas·tille n.
1. Feud. Fort. A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place.
The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls. --Holland.
2. “The Bastille”, formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.
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bastille
n : a jail (literally, a French jail)