palace
US: /ˈpæɫəs/
UK: /pˈælɪs/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
palace /'pælis/- danh từ
- cung, điện; lâu đài
- chỗ ở chính thức (của một thủ lĩnh tôn giáo)
- quán ăn trang trí loè loẹt, tiệm rượu trang trí loè loẹt ((cũng) gin palace)
Advanced English dictionary
+ noun1 [C] the official home of a king, queen, president, etc: Buckingham Palace + the royal / presidential palace
2 (often the Palace) [sing.] the people who live in a palace, especially the British royal family: The Palace last night refused to comment on the reports. + a Palace spokesman
3 [C] any large impressive house: The Old Town has a whole collection of churches, palaces and mosques.
4 [C] (old-fashioned) (sometimes used in the names of buildings) a large public building, such as a hotel or cinema/movie theater: the Strand Palace Hotel + old movie palaces
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
mansion, castle, stately or palatial home or residence, manor (house), (country) estate, château, palazzo, villa:
After the wedding, they went to the prince's palace and lived happily ever after.
Collocation
ADJ.
ancient | 14th-century, etc. | imperial, papal, presidential, royal | grand, great, magnificent, sumptuous, whacking great | veritable
(figurative) Even this small house was a veritable palace compared to his tent.
| fairy-tale
VERB + PALACE
build | live in
PALACE + VERB
stand
The palace stands on the west bank of the river.
PALACE + NOUN
complex, compound | courtyard, gardens, grounds | gates | affairs | aide, guard, official, spokesman | coup, revolution
The king was deposed by his son in a palace coup.
PREP.
at a/the ~, in a/the ~
PHRASES
the interior of the palace
Concise dictionary
palaces'pælɪsnoun
+a large and stately mansion
+the governing group of a kingdom
+a large ornate exhibition hall
+official residence of an exalted person (as a sovereign)
