bailey

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The outer wall of a feudal castle.
  2. The space immediately within the outer wall of a castle or fortress.
  3. A prison or court of justice.
    — the Old Bailey in London; the New Bailey in Manchester
  4. An argument which is controversial and more difficult to defend (in the context of a motte and bailey fallacy).
    — "Birds are dinosaurs" is the bailey; "birds are more similar to dinosaurs than anything else" is the motte.

词形变化

baileys plural

词汇关系

衍生词
motte and bailey

词源

From Old French baile (“palisade, enclosure”), from Latin bacula, plural of baculum (“stick, rod”).
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