One solitary tower only, and some remains of a wall, show where the castle once stood.

只有一座孤零零的塔楼和一堵残垣断壁表明了这座城堡曾经的位置。

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One story says it got that meaning from the custom of throwing boiling water down on enemies attacking a castle.

据说这样的用法起源于古代，当敌人袭击一座城堡时，城堡里的人会将滚烫的开水泼向敌人。

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The hut, one-story tall and made of adobe, had small windows and was as worn as a sand castle.

小屋只有一层，以土坯制成，墙上开有几孔小窗口，像个破败的沙土城堡。

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There was the ruin of a castle on one side of the road and the airport runway on the other, just a couple of fields away.

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The whole room, our guide informed us, was a replica of one at Windsor Castle in England.

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Situated in the Nervia Valley, Dolceacqua is dominated by the striking 12th-century Doria Castle and stone bridge that was immortalised in a series of paintings by Claude Monet including one titled The Castle At Dolceacqua, completed in 1884.

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