oubliette
英 [,uːblɪ'et]
美
- n. （只在牢顶有出口的）地下密牢
英英释义
- 1. a dungeon with the only entrance or exit being a trap door in the ceiling
英文词源
- oubliette (n.)
- "secret dungeon reached only via trapdoor," 1819, from French oubliette (14c.), from Middle French oublier "to forget, show negligence," Old French oblier, oblider, from Vulgar Latin *oblitare, from Latin oblitus, past participle of oblivisci "to forget" (see oblivion).