rotunda
英 [rə(ʊ)'tʌndə]
美[ro'tʌndə]
- n. 圆形大厅；圆形建筑
词态变化
复数: rotundas;
中文词源
rotunda 圆形大厅
来自 rotund,圆的，-a,表阴性格。后作名词使用，用于指圆形大厅，圆形建筑物。
英英释意
- 1. a building having a circular plan and a dome
- 2. a large circular room
英文词源
- rotunda (n.)
- "round building," 1680s, from Italian rotonda, especially the Pantheon, from noun use of Latin rotunda, fem. of rotundus "round" (see rotund). Meaning "circular hall or room within a building" is from 1780.
考试真题
- Eight monumental curving staircases of granite with over 4,000 individually cast bronze balusters are capped by four skylight domes and two stained glass rotundas.
出自-2018年考研阅读原文
实用场景例句
- ...the rotunda of the Hotel des Invalides in Paris.
- 巴黎荣军院的圆顶建筑
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The last such use of the Capitol rotunda was for former President Ronald Reagan in 2004.
- 至今为止,最后一次使用国会大厦圆形大厅的是在2004年安放了前任总统里根的遗体.
期刊摘选
- Former President Gerald R . Ford's body lies in state at the Capital Rotunda in Washington.
- 美国前总统福特的遗体被安放在华盛顿国会大厦圆形大厅供人瞻仰.
期刊摘选
- The Baptistery is a stately rotunda, of huge dimensions, and was a costly structure.
- 浸礼堂, 是个面积巨大的圆厅, 也是座豪华的建筑.
辞典例句
- The vast rotunda space can hold eight million books.
- 巨大的圆形大厅可容纳800万册藏书.
期刊摘选
- The Capitol at Washington has a large rotunda.
- 华盛顿的国会大厦有一圆形大厅.
《现代英汉综合大词典》