• n. 宮殿；宅邸；豪華住宅

來自拉丁語(yǔ)palatium,王宮，宮殿，來自Mons Palatinus,即the Palatine Mountain,古羅馬七座山丘之一，凱撒大帝原住所，后羅馬皇帝尼祿在此大興土木，建立宮殿。該詞字面意思可能是圍欄，圍場(chǎng)，來自palus,木樁，詞源同pole,palisade.

palace

palace: [13] The Palātium, or Mons Palātīnus (in English the ‘Palatine hill’), was one of the seven hills of ancient Rome. On it the emperor Augustus built a house, which in due course grew into a grand imperial palace, also called the Palātium. This came to be used as a generic term for such residences, and passed into English via Old French paleis. The derived Latin adjective palātīnus has given English paladin [16] and palatine [15].
=> paladin, palatine

palace (n.)

early 13c., "official residence of an emperor, king, archbishop, etc.," from Old French palais "palace, court," from Medieval Latin palacium "a palace" (source of Spanish palacio, Italian palazzo), from Latin palatium "the Palatine hill," in plural, "a palace," from Mons Palatinus "the Palatine Hill," one of the seven hills of ancient Rome, where Augustus Caesar's house stood (the original "palace"), later the site of the splendid residence built by Nero. In English, the general sense of "splendid dwelling place" is from late 14c.

The hill name probably is ultimately from palus "stake," on the notion of "enclosure." Another guess is that it is from Etruscan and connected with Pales, supposed name of an Italic goddess of shepherds and cattle.

1. He recounted how heavily armed soldiers forced him from the presidential palace.

他講述了自己是怎樣被全副武裝的士兵從總統(tǒng)官邸里趕出來的。

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2. Everyone must be familiar with the old favourite among roses, Crystal Palace.

大家一定都很熟悉玫瑰中的老牌名品“水晶宮殿”。

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3. He was transferred from Crystal Palace to Arsenal for ￡2.5 million.

他以250萬(wàn)英鎊的身價(jià)從水晶宮隊(duì)轉(zhuǎn)入阿森納隊(duì)。

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4. The palace has extensive gardens, a maze, and tennis courts.

這座宮殿有幾座大花園、一處迷宮和幾個(gè)網(wǎng)球場(chǎng)。

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5. Last night he attended a state banquet at Buckingham Palace.

昨晚他出席了在白金漢宮舉行的國(guó)宴。

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