Cupola
['kjuːpələ] or ['kjupələ]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a roof in the form of a dome.
(noun.) a vertical cylindrical furnace for melting iron for casting.
布莱尔整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a ceiling having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome.
(n.) A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.
(n.) A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works.
(n.) A revolving shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.
(n.) The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.
埃尔伯特編輯
解釋/意思:
n. a spherical vault or concave ceiling on the top of a building: the internal part of a dome: a dome.—v.t. to furnish with such.
艾伯特整理
例句/造句/用法:
- The molten metal is brought to this man’s station by means of large ladles, suspended on a trolley on an I-beam track, running from the cupola through the entire length of the foundry. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- The great oven is not so wide, by ten paces, as the cupola at St. Paul's: for I measured the latter on purpose, after my return. 喬納森·斯威夫特. 格列佛遊記.
- The bright orb slowly rose from behind its cupolas and towers, and shed its penetrating light upon the glassy waters. 瑪麗·雪萊. 最後一個人.
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