citadel
noun /ˈsɪtədəl/, /ˈsɪtədel/
/ˈsɪtədəl/, /ˈsɪtədel/
- (in the past) a castle on high ground in or near a city where people could go when the city was being attacked
(旧时的)城堡,要塞,堡垒 - After the Mongol invasion of 1241, a citadel was built on the hills opposite the city.
1241年蒙古入侵后,在城市对面的山上建了一座城堡。 - (figurative) citadels of private economic power
私人经济力量的堡垒
词源mid 16th cent.: from French citadelle, or from Italian cittadella, based on Latin civitas ‘city’, from civis ‘citizen’. - After the Mongol invasion of 1241, a citadel was built on the hills opposite the city.