English Dictionary

citadel

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈsɪtədəl/

名詞

比喩的用法 時々

A strong fortress that sits high above a city. / (sometimes figuratively) A stronghold or fortified place. / An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment.

日本語の意味

高台に位置する堅固な要塞 / （比喩的に）要塞、拠点、防御の要所 / 戦艦の堅固な防御部位で、重要装備を収蔵する場所

From the harbor, we could see the citadel towering above the old city.

港から、古い街の上にそびえる要塞が見えた。

意味（1）

A strong fortress that sits high above a city.

意味（2）

(sometimes figuratively) A stronghold or fortified place.

Intrenched within the citadel of our apartment, and cheered by the comfortings of a coal fire, we passed the day in letter-writing, conversation, or gazing from the sheltered security of our windows upon the agitated sea […]

意味（3）

An armoured portion of a warship, housing important equipment.

Twenty-two of these — eleven per broadside — were on the main deck within a central citadel, essentially an armor-protected box in the middle of the ship. Also within the citadel were four 110-pdr. breech-loaders.

意味（4）

A Salvation Army meeting place.

citadels （ plural ）