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 seraglio [sɪ'ræljo]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 闺房



    seraglio
    [ noun ]
    living quarters reserved for wives and concubines and female relatives in a Muslim household
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    Seraglio \Se*ragl"io\, n. [It. serraglio, originally, an
    inclosure of palisades, afterwards also, a palace, seraglio
    (by confusion with Per. ser[=a]["i]a a palace, an entirely
    different word), fr. serrare to shut, fr. LL. serra a bar for
    fastening doors, L. sera. See {Serry}, {Series}.]
    1. An inclosure; a place of separation. [Obs.]

    I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell as in a
    suburb, by themselves. I passed by the piazza Judea,
    where their seraglio begins. --Evelyn.

    2. The palace of the Grand Seignior, or Turkish sultan, at
    Constantinople, inhabited by the sultan himself, and all
    the officers and dependents of his court. In it are also
    kept the females of the harem.

    3. A harem; a place for keeping wives or concubines;
    sometimes, loosely, a place of licentious pleasure; a
    house of debauchery.

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