Dome



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解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 圆顶屋（a hemispherical roof）
• ［类］ alcove : recess / dome : roof ( 凹室是一种壁凹 / 圆顶是一种屋顶)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: French, Italian, & Latin; French d?me dome, cathedral, from Italian duomo cathedral, from Medieval Latin domus church, from Latin, house; akin to Greek domos house, Sanskrit dam
• Date: 1513
• 1. archaic a stately building ; mansion
• 2. a large hemispherical roof or ceiling
• 3. a natural formation or structure that resembles the dome or cupola of a building
• 4. a form of crystal composed of planes parallel to a lateral axis that meet above in a horizontal edge like a roof
• 5. an upward fold in rock whose sides dip uniformly in all directions
• 6. a roofed sports stadium
• 7. a person's head
• ? domal adjective

II. verb (domed; doming)

• Date: 1876
• transitive verb
  • 1. to cover with a dome
  • 2. to form into a dome
• intransitive verb
  • to swell upward or outward like a dome

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