Capitol
['kæpɪtl]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) the government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet.
(noun.) a building occupied by a state legislature.
安托万整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(-) The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.
(-) The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse.
整理:伊冯
解釋/意思:
n. the temple of Jupiter at Rome built on the Capitoline hill: (U.S.) the house where Congress meets.—adjs. Capitō′lian Capit′oline.
汉密尔顿校對
例句/造句/用法:
- I knew it was three hundred and sixty-four feet wide, and consequently wider than the capitol. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- I think it was exhibited before a committee that had something to do with the Capitol. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
- He was permitted to set up his apparatus in the room of the House Committee on Commerce at the Capitol. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Not far off, to the left, was the Tower of the Capitol. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
- During the night of the 23d he crossed over and bivouacked not far from the Capitol. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- He signaled it to Washington, and the Capitol heard it long before the first messages arrived by train. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- St. Peter's did not look nearly so large as the capitol, and certainly not a twentieth part as beautiful, from the outside. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The same may be said in regard to the Houses of Congress in the United States Capitol for the past thirty-five years. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- I knew it was just about the length of the capitol at Washington--say seven hundred and thirty feet. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- The day came, and the She-Wolf in the Capitol might have snarled with envy to see how the Island Savages contrived these things now-a-days. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- Wonderful Work of Stone-Boring Machine on Pillars of Ohio State Capitol. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世紀發明.
- Before he devoted all his time to his invention Morse had been anxious to paint a large historical picture for one of the panels in the rotunda of the Capitol at Washington. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
編輯:马克斯