Definition of dungeon in English:

dungeon

nounˈdʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nˈdəndʒən

1A strong underground prison cell, especially in a castle.
（尤指城堡中的）地下土牢，地牢
Example sentencesExamples
- The princess will be taken to her old cell in the dungeon.
- Joseph, a prisoner in Pharaoh's dungeons, of whom it is testified that he had skill in interpreting dreams, is brought forth to offer his interpretation.
- ‘We will be wed this very night, unless you wish to find yourself in the castle dungeon before dawn,’ I told him.
- The savior continued to recite his chant in front of every cell in the dungeon until everyone was free.
- She miraculously encountered the prison dungeon and entered to get some answers.
- He let out a scream - the same scream she'd heard twelve years ago coming from far below in the castle's dungeons.
- One of their catches gets kept in the dungeon of their castle, to be sucked and dined on nightly.
- The interesting bits of the castle - the dungeons and the old parts underneath - could be used for tours but they're not.
- For the past seventeen years he has been kept prisoner in the castle dungeons.
- What goes on inside the CIA facilities, closer to medieval dungeons than modern prisons, can only be guessed at.
- After they had explored the library he had taken her down into the kitchens for lunch before taking her deeper into the castle to see the dungeons which were exactly what Olivia would have imagined.
- One level above the watery dock were the prisons, or dungeons, where in times of old, only true criminals were held.
- Yes, our marriage took place in a castle whose dungeons were once crowded to suffocation with unfortunate natives, awaiting the auction block and the white traders from Europe and America.
- Does such an act signify an attempt to erase the brutal history of the castles and the dungeons beneath them?
- The origin of Coup d' Etat is obscure, but it is believed that the game was first played by political prisoners in the dungeons of France over two centuries ago.
- The slaves pulled a lever and a trap door opened in the floor to reveal an underground dungeon filled with hundreds of human prisoners.
- Each corridor was lined with slave cells and dungeons.
- The underground dungeon wasn't guarded at all.
- And down here he entertained himself - torturing his prisoners in the dungeons.
- I do need someone to bring food for the savage prisoners in the dungeons, you know.
Synonyms
underground cell, underground prison, oubliette
cell, prison, jail, lock-up, black hole
archaic hole, thieves' hole, bocardo
2
archaic term for donjon

verbˈdʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nˈdəndʒən

[with object]literary

Imprison (someone) in a dungeon.
〈诗/文〉将（某人）关进地牢

Origin

Middle English (also with the sense 'castle keep'): from Old French (perhaps originally with the sense 'lord's tower' or 'mistress tower'), based on Latin dominus 'lord, master'. Compare with donjon.

The word dungeon had two main senses when it was first used in the 14th century: ‘the great tower or keep of a castle’ and ‘an underground prison cell’. The first is now usually spelled donjon and regarded as a separate word. The core meaning was ‘lord's tower’, and the word goes back to Latin dominus ‘lord, master’, through which it is related to dame and danger.

Definition of dungeon in US English:

dungeon

nounˈdəndʒənˈdənjən

1A strong underground prison cell, especially in a castle.
（尤指城堡中的）地下土牢，地牢
Example sentencesExamples
- The origin of Coup d' Etat is obscure, but it is believed that the game was first played by political prisoners in the dungeons of France over two centuries ago.
- The slaves pulled a lever and a trap door opened in the floor to reveal an underground dungeon filled with hundreds of human prisoners.
- After they had explored the library he had taken her down into the kitchens for lunch before taking her deeper into the castle to see the dungeons which were exactly what Olivia would have imagined.
- One of their catches gets kept in the dungeon of their castle, to be sucked and dined on nightly.
- The interesting bits of the castle - the dungeons and the old parts underneath - could be used for tours but they're not.
- ‘We will be wed this very night, unless you wish to find yourself in the castle dungeon before dawn,’ I told him.
- The underground dungeon wasn't guarded at all.
- What goes on inside the CIA facilities, closer to medieval dungeons than modern prisons, can only be guessed at.
- He let out a scream - the same scream she'd heard twelve years ago coming from far below in the castle's dungeons.
- Each corridor was lined with slave cells and dungeons.
- And down here he entertained himself - torturing his prisoners in the dungeons.
- For the past seventeen years he has been kept prisoner in the castle dungeons.
- Yes, our marriage took place in a castle whose dungeons were once crowded to suffocation with unfortunate natives, awaiting the auction block and the white traders from Europe and America.
- Does such an act signify an attempt to erase the brutal history of the castles and the dungeons beneath them?
- She miraculously encountered the prison dungeon and entered to get some answers.
- Joseph, a prisoner in Pharaoh's dungeons, of whom it is testified that he had skill in interpreting dreams, is brought forth to offer his interpretation.
- One level above the watery dock were the prisons, or dungeons, where in times of old, only true criminals were held.
- I do need someone to bring food for the savage prisoners in the dungeons, you know.
- The savior continued to recite his chant in front of every cell in the dungeon until everyone was free.
- The princess will be taken to her old cell in the dungeon.
Synonyms
underground cell, underground prison, oubliette
1. 1.1 (in fantasy role-playing games) a labyrinthine subterranean setting.
  （指一种想像的角色扮演游戏中的背景）地下城
  Example sentencesExamples
  The underground dungeon, for example, is the equivalent to a new ‘spawning’ area in an online game.
  It is possible to fight as many as a thousand creatures in one dungeon.
  Instead of building a fantasy-themed dungeon, you carve your lair out of volcanoes on tropical islands and manage henchmen and minions.
  These vault quests are pre-set dungeons that are tailored to your level.
  You may also distribute your loot this way in order to make sure you can take everything not bolted down from every dungeon in the game.
  Through the use of quests, of which there are many (continually updated by the developers), you can navigate to dungeons or planned events full of monsters.
  Searching through one random dungeon after the next, hoping to find treasure of one sort or another, all the while hacking and blasting away on all sorts of enemies is great.
  The problem with this wilderness map is that you tend to get lost and that you have no idea which dungeon is adequate for your power and experience.
  A thrilling and highly intuitive, but slightly simplistic boss fight awaits him at the end of each dungeon.
  As well as the enormous amount of game play with nine dungeons, there were also upgrades.
  Work your way up an immense tower's dungeons, blasting baddies and acquiring weapons.
  The game takes place in one city with one lone dungeon.
  Whether one is driving on a race track or righting fantasy creeps in pseudo-medieval dungeons, one always has to be on guard.
  The dungeon disappeared, many characters acquired new powers, and new restrictions on placement appeared, allowing cards to be combined.
2. 1.2
  archaic term for donjon

verbˈdəndʒənˈdənjən

[with object]literary

Imprison (someone) in a dungeon.
〈诗/文〉将（某人）关进地牢

Origin

Middle English (also with the sense ‘castle keep’): from Old French (perhaps originally with the sense ‘lord's tower’ or ‘mistress tower’), based on Latin dominus ‘lord, master’. Compare with donjon.

词汇	dungeon
释义	Definition of dungeon in English: dungeon nounˈdʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nˈdəndʒən 1A strong underground prison cell, especially in a castle. （尤指城堡中的）地下土牢，地牢 Example sentencesExamples The princess will be taken to her old cell in the dungeon. Joseph, a prisoner in Pharaoh's dungeons, of whom it is testified that he had skill in interpreting dreams, is brought forth to offer his interpretation. ‘We will be wed this very night, unless you wish to find yourself in the castle dungeon before dawn,’ I told him. The savior continued to recite his chant in front of every cell in the dungeon until everyone was free. She miraculously encountered the prison dungeon and entered to get some answers. He let out a scream - the same scream she'd heard twelve years ago coming from far below in the castle's dungeons. One of their catches gets kept in the dungeon of their castle, to be sucked and dined on nightly. The interesting bits of the castle - the dungeons and the old parts underneath - could be used for tours but they're not. For the past seventeen years he has been kept prisoner in the castle dungeons. What goes on inside the CIA facilities, closer to medieval dungeons than modern prisons, can only be guessed at. After they had explored the library he had taken her down into the kitchens for lunch before taking her deeper into the castle to see the dungeons which were exactly what Olivia would have imagined. One level above the watery dock were the prisons, or dungeons, where in times of old, only true criminals were held. Yes, our marriage took place in a castle whose dungeons were once crowded to suffocation with unfortunate natives, awaiting the auction block and the white traders from Europe and America. Does such an act signify an attempt to erase the brutal history of the castles and the dungeons beneath them? The origin of Coup d' Etat is obscure, but it is believed that the game was first played by political prisoners in the dungeons of France over two centuries ago. The slaves pulled a lever and a trap door opened in the floor to reveal an underground dungeon filled with hundreds of human prisoners. Each corridor was lined with slave cells and dungeons. The underground dungeon wasn't guarded at all. And down here he entertained himself - torturing his prisoners in the dungeons. I do need someone to bring food for the savage prisoners in the dungeons, you know. Synonyms underground cell, underground prison, oubliette cell, prison, jail, lock-up, black hole archaic hole, thieves' hole, bocardo 2 archaic term for donjon verbˈdʌn(d)ʒ(ə)nˈdəndʒən [with object]literary Imprison (someone) in a dungeon. 〈诗/文〉将（某人）关进地牢 Origin Middle English (also with the sense 'castle keep'): from Old French (perhaps originally with the sense 'lord's tower' or 'mistress tower'), based on Latin dominus 'lord, master'. Compare with donjon. The word dungeon had two main senses when it was first used in the 14th century: ‘the great tower or keep of a castle’ and ‘an underground prison cell’. The first is now usually spelled donjon and regarded as a separate word. The core meaning was ‘lord's tower’, and the word goes back to Latin dominus ‘lord, master’, through which it is related to dame and danger. Definition of dungeon in US English: dungeon nounˈdəndʒənˈdənjən 1A strong underground prison cell, especially in a castle. （尤指城堡中的）地下土牢，地牢 Example sentencesExamples The origin of Coup d' Etat is obscure, but it is believed that the game was first played by political prisoners in the dungeons of France over two centuries ago. The slaves pulled a lever and a trap door opened in the floor to reveal an underground dungeon filled with hundreds of human prisoners. After they had explored the library he had taken her down into the kitchens for lunch before taking her deeper into the castle to see the dungeons which were exactly what Olivia would have imagined. One of their catches gets kept in the dungeon of their castle, to be sucked and dined on nightly. The interesting bits of the castle - the dungeons and the old parts underneath - could be used for tours but they're not. ‘We will be wed this very night, unless you wish to find yourself in the castle dungeon before dawn,’ I told him. The underground dungeon wasn't guarded at all. What goes on inside the CIA facilities, closer to medieval dungeons than modern prisons, can only be guessed at. He let out a scream - the same scream she'd heard twelve years ago coming from far below in the castle's dungeons. Each corridor was lined with slave cells and dungeons. And down here he entertained himself - torturing his prisoners in the dungeons. For the past seventeen years he has been kept prisoner in the castle dungeons. Yes, our marriage took place in a castle whose dungeons were once crowded to suffocation with unfortunate natives, awaiting the auction block and the white traders from Europe and America. Does such an act signify an attempt to erase the brutal history of the castles and the dungeons beneath them? She miraculously encountered the prison dungeon and entered to get some answers. Joseph, a prisoner in Pharaoh's dungeons, of whom it is testified that he had skill in interpreting dreams, is brought forth to offer his interpretation. One level above the watery dock were the prisons, or dungeons, where in times of old, only true criminals were held. I do need someone to bring food for the savage prisoners in the dungeons, you know. The savior continued to recite his chant in front of every cell in the dungeon until everyone was free. The princess will be taken to her old cell in the dungeon. Synonyms underground cell, underground prison, oubliette 1.1 (in fantasy role-playing games) a labyrinthine subterranean setting. （指一种想像的角色扮演游戏中的背景）地下城 Example sentencesExamples The underground dungeon, for example, is the equivalent to a new ‘spawning’ area in an online game. It is possible to fight as many as a thousand creatures in one dungeon. Instead of building a fantasy-themed dungeon, you carve your lair out of volcanoes on tropical islands and manage henchmen and minions. These vault quests are pre-set dungeons that are tailored to your level. You may also distribute your loot this way in order to make sure you can take everything not bolted down from every dungeon in the game. Through the use of quests, of which there are many (continually updated by the developers), you can navigate to dungeons or planned events full of monsters. Searching through one random dungeon after the next, hoping to find treasure of one sort or another, all the while hacking and blasting away on all sorts of enemies is great. The problem with this wilderness map is that you tend to get lost and that you have no idea which dungeon is adequate for your power and experience. A thrilling and highly intuitive, but slightly simplistic boss fight awaits him at the end of each dungeon. As well as the enormous amount of game play with nine dungeons, there were also upgrades. Work your way up an immense tower's dungeons, blasting baddies and acquiring weapons. The game takes place in one city with one lone dungeon. Whether one is driving on a race track or righting fantasy creeps in pseudo-medieval dungeons, one always has to be on guard. The dungeon disappeared, many characters acquired new powers, and new restrictions on placement appeared, allowing cards to be combined. 1.2 archaic term for donjon verbˈdəndʒənˈdənjən [with object]literary Imprison (someone) in a dungeon. 〈诗/文〉将（某人）关进地牢 Origin Middle English (also with the sense ‘castle keep’): from Old French (perhaps originally with the sense ‘lord's tower’ or ‘mistress tower’), based on Latin dominus ‘lord, master’. Compare with donjon.
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