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 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)