1N-COUNT [oft in names, NOUN n]宫殿;王宫;皇宫 A palace is a very large impressive house, especially one which is the official home of a king, queen, or president. 宫殿;王宫;皇宫
...Buckingham Palace.
白金汉宫
They entered the palace courtyard.
他们进入了宫殿庭院。
2N-SING 王室 When the members of a royal palace make an announcement through an official spokesperson, they can be referred to as the Palace . 王室
The Palace will not comment on questions about the family's private life.
王室不会就有关皇家私生活的问题发表任何评论。
3N-COUNT 豪宅;宫殿般的建筑 You can refer to any large splendid house or other building as a palace . 豪宅;宫殿般的建筑
They'd bought a huge barn with some land and planned to turn it into a palace.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + PALACE | PALACE + VERB | PALACE + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤ancient古代的宮殿➤14th-century, etc. * 14 世紀等的宮殿➤imperial, papal, presidential, royal皇宮;教皇宅第;總統府;王宮➤beautiful, grand, great, huge, magnificent, sumptuous (especially BrE) 美麗的宮殿;宏偉的宮殿;巨大的宮殿;華麗的宮殿➤pleasure歡樂宮;豪華會所➤summer夏宮VERB + PALACE➤build建造宮殿➤live in住在宮殿裏PALACE + VERB➤stand宮殿矗立◇The palace stands on the west bank of the river.宮殿矗立在河的西岸。PALACE + NOUN➤complex, compound宮殿建築群➤courtyard, gardens, grounds宮殿的庭院/花園/庭園➤door, gates宮殿的大門➤walls宮牆➤life宮廷生活◇She found it hard to adjust to palace life.她發現很難適應宮廷生活。➤aide, guard, official, spokesman, staff宮廷助手;宮廷警衞;宮廷官員;王宮發言人;宮廷工作人員➤servant宮殿僕人➤coup, revolution (especially BrE) 宮廷政變/革命◇The king was deposed by his son in a palace coup.國王在一次宮廷政變中被兒子廢黜。PREPOSITION➤at a/the palace, in a/the palace在宮殿裏
palace ♦︎ mansion ♦︎ country house ♦︎ villa ♦︎ manor ♦︎ stately home ♦︎ chateauThese words all mean a large house that belongs or used to belong to a rich or important family.这些词均表示豪华宅第。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆a magnificent palace / mansion / country house / villa◆an ancient palace / mansion / manor◆a medieval palace / manor / chateau◆a royal palace / mansion / manor◆a country mansion / house / villa / manor■palace ˈpæləs [countable] the official home of sb such as a king, queen or president; any large impressive house, usually in a city王宫;总统府;(城里的)豪华住宅◆Buckingham Palace is the official London residence of the Queen.白金汉宫是英女王在伦敦的官邸。◆The Old Town has a whole collection of churches, palaces and mosques.旧城区汇集了许多教堂、大宅院和清真寺。■mansion ˈmænʃn [countable] a large impressive house in the country or the city公馆;宅第◆It is a magnificent example of a 17th century country mansion.那是17世纪乡间豪华宅第的一个范例。■ˌcountry ˈhouse [countable] (BrE) a large house in the country, especially one that belongs or used to belong to a rich important family(尤指富贵显赫家族的)乡间宅第,别墅◆He used to entertain the politicians of the day at his country house.他以前经常在乡间别墅里招待时政要人。■villa [countable] a house in the country with a large garden, especially in southern Europe; (in Roman times) a country house or farm with land attached to it(尤指南欧的)乡间庄园;(古罗马时代附有土地的)乡间宅第◆Once a private villa, the Stella d'Italia is now a hotel.Stella d'Italia曾经是所私人别墅,现在是酒店。◆They found the remains of an impressive Roman villa.他们发现了一个古罗马大庄园的遗址。■manor ˈmænə(r) ( ˈmanor house) [countable] a large country house surrounded by a large area of land that belongs to it庄园宅第◆He bought the old manor and set about turning himself into the local squire.他买下了那个老庄园,摇身一变成了当地的乡绅。■ˌstately ˈhome [countable] (BrE) a large, impressive house of historical interest, especially one that the public may visit(尤指供人参观的)豪华古宅◆There are many stately homes to visit in the area.这地方有许多老宅子可以参观。■chateau ( château) ˈʃætəʊ; NAmEʃæˈtoʊ(pluralchateauxorchateausʃætəʊz; NAmEʃæˈtoʊz) [countable] (from French) a castle or large country house in France(法国的)城堡,乡间别墅◆The Loire Valley is home to more than 300 chateaux.卢瓦尔河谷有300多座城堡。