【chateau】 - A-level备考词汇

chateau

UK:  [ˈʃɑːtoʊ]

US:  [ʃæˈtoʊ]

复数：chateaus  

n.

1.(位于法国乡村的)城堡,庄园

1 . presently , the chateau began to make itself strangely visible by some light of its own , as though it were growing luminous.
但这黑暗并不长久，府邸立即以它自己的光离奇地照亮了自己，仿佛正要变成一个发光体。

2 . It's quite lean. Kind of reminds me a touch of a Chateau Musar. I was also thinking maybe of an old-style Pinotage.
口感上来说，整体属于比较清瘦型的，让我想起ChateauMusar的感觉，也有点旧风格的pinotage。

3 . It took me a few minutes to figure out why, but I realized that the steps tilted inward, just like the ones at the chateau.
我想了好一会儿才想明白，我发现那些台阶也是向内部倾斜的，就像城堡里的那样。

4 . Swanning off to his chateau in France was the act of a political clodhopper.
游荡于他在法国的城堡就是一个政治乡巴佬的行为。

5 . The Chateau d'If has no cemetery, and they simply throw the dead into the sea, after fastening a thirty-six pound cannon-ball to their feet.
伊夫堡是没有坟场的，他们在死者脚上绑一个三十六磅重的铁球，然后朝海里一扔就算了事了。