单词	citadel
释义	citadelcit‧a‧del /ˈsɪtədəl, -del/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINcitadel Origin: 1500-1600 French citadelle, from Old Italian cittadella, from cittade ‘city’, from Latin civitas; ➔ CITY Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Far from being a challenger for power, it could not even hold on to its old citadels. In the citadel of St Martial everyone's nerves were on edge. It seemed that the verderers were going towards the outlaws' citadel, not away from it. New Zealand became the citadel of the new right. Outside this was a citadel, fortified like the inner bailey, but containing a greater number of buildings. Whenever there was fighting around Limoges one permanent complicating factor was the rivalry between city and citadel. With your help, and that of the Forteviot men, the main citadels may still be standing. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► the citadel of something The U.S. is often seen as the citadel of capitalism. Deep structural changes will be necessary in developing countries if literacy is to go beyond the citadels of the elites. Having emptied the citadel of gold and silver he left Limoges and went off in search of new sources of pay for his mercenaries. In the citadel of St Martial everyone's nerves were on edge. Instead they concentrated all their energies on subduing the rebels' capital, the citadel of St Martial's. Look at it, the golden evening, the snowy mountains, the citadel of the Alhambra. New Zealand became the citadel of the new right. That these people would one day be enthroned in the citadel of power could not have seemed conceivable to him. The superbly sited Hellenistic theatres at the citadel of Pergamon and Termessos were only slightly altered in Roman times. 1a strong fort (=small castle) built in the past as a place where people could go for safety if their city was attacked SYN  fortress2the citadel of something literary a place or situation in which an idea, principle, system etc that you think is important is kept safe SYN  stronghold:  the last citadel of freedom
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