English-Thai Dictionary

dungeon

N คุก ใต้ดิน ใน ปราสาท  pit prison kuk-tai-din-nai-pra-sad

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DUNGEON

n. 1. A close prison; or a deep, dark place of confinement.
And in a dungeon deep.
They brought Joseph hastily out of the dungeon. Genesis 41:14.
2. A subterraneous place of close confinement.

 

DUNGEON

v.t.To confine in a dungeon.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DUNGEON

Dun "geon, n. Etym: [OE. donjoun highest tower of a castle, tower, prison, F. donjon tower or platform in the midst of a castle, turret, or closet on the top of a house, a keep of a castle, LL. domnio, the same word as LL. dominus lord. See Dame, Don, and cf. Dominion, Domain, Demesne, Danger, Donjon. ]

 

Defn: A close, dark prison, commondonjon or keep of a castle, these being used as prisons. Down with him even into the deep dungeon. Tyndale. Year after year he lay patiently in a dungeon. Macaulay.

 

DUNGEON

DUNGEON Dun "geon, v. t.

 

Defn: To shut up in a dungeon. Bp. Hall.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dungeon

dun geon |ˈdənjən ˈdənʤən | ▶noun a strong underground prison cell, esp. in a castle. • (in fantasy role-playing games ) a labyrinthine subterranean setting. • archaic term for donjon. ▶verb [ with obj. ] literary imprison (someone ) in a dungeon. 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 .

 

Dungeons and Dragons

Dun geons and Drag ons ▶noun trademark a fantasy role-playing game set in an imaginary world based loosely on medieval myth.

 

Oxford Dictionary

dungeon

dun |geon |ˈdʌn (d )ʒ (ə )n | ▶noun 1 a strong underground prison cell, especially in a castle. 2 archaic term for donjon. ▶verb [ with obj. ] literary imprison (someone ) in a dungeon. 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 .

 

Dungeons and Dragons

Dungeons and Dragons ▶noun [ mass noun ] trademark a fantasy role-playing game set in an imaginary world based loosely on medieval myth.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dungeon

dungeon noun the castle dungeon is now a tourist attraction: underground prison, oubliette; cell, jail, lockup.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dungeon

dungeon noun the king imprisoned him in the castle dungeon: underground cell, underground prison, oubliette; cell, prison, jail, lock-up, black hole; archaic hole, thieves' hole, bocardo.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dungeon

dun geon /dʌ́n (d )ʒ (ə )n /名詞 C (特に中世の城の真っ暗な )地下牢 （ろう ）, 土牢 .