"oubliette" 怎么发音

word

US

uːbliˈɛt

oob-lee-ET

UK

ˌaʊblɪˈɛt

ow-bli-ET

释义

An oubliette is a secret or hidden underground prison cell, often only accessible from a trapdoor in the ceiling, used in old castles to imprison people and make them easy to forget.

IPA 音标

美式英语

uːbliˈɛt

英式英语

ˌaʊblɪˈɛt

简化发音

美式

oob-lee-ET

英式

ow-bli-ET

语境中听

The old castle has an oubliette beneath the tower.

A prisoner was thrown into the oubliette and left there for years.

The only way out of an oubliette is through a door in the ceiling.

Many legends speak of knights lost forever in the oubliette.