casbah

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈkaz.bɑː/    美 /ˈkæz.bɑ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The fortress in a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
  2. The medina, the older part of a city in North Africa or the Middle East.
    — The king called up his jet fighters / He said, "You better earn your pay / Drop your bombs between the minarets / Down the casbah way"
  3. A person's house or flat/apartment. slang
    — He gave me an earth-shattering kiss and whispered, “Come to my casbah and let me ply you with cupcakes.” […] We made good time getting to his apartment.

词形变化

casbahs plural cusbah alternative kasbah alternative qasbah alternative

词源

Etymology tree
Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba)bor.
English casbah
Borrowed from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).
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