英语词汇“vomitorium”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

vom·i·to·ri·um

(vŏm′ĭ-tôrē-əm)

n. pl. vom·i·to·ri·a (-tôrē-ə)

a. One of the tunnellike passages of a theater, stadium, or amphitheater connecting the banks of seats with an outside wall or passageway.

b. A tunnellike passage extending to a theater stage, especially a thrust stage or the stage of an arena theater, allowing actors to enter and exit. In both subsenses also called vomitory.

2. A place for vomiting, sometimes mistakenly said to be an invention of the ancient Romans for use during banquets.

[Latin vomitōrium, entrance to an amphitheater, from neuter singular of Latin vomitōrius, of spewing forth, emetic, vomitory (a vomitorium being so called because the spectators spewed forth from its opening); see VOMITORY.]

单词	vomitorium
释义	vom·i·to·ri·um (vŏm′ĭ-tôrē-əm) n. pl. vom·i·to·ri·a (-tôrē-ə) 1. a. One of the tunnellike passages of a theater, stadium, or amphitheater connecting the banks of seats with an outside wall or passageway. b. A tunnellike passage extending to a theater stage, especially a thrust stage or the stage of an arena theater, allowing actors to enter and exit. In both subsenses also called vomitory. 2. A place for vomiting, sometimes mistakenly said to be an invention of the ancient Romans for use during banquets. [Latin vomitōrium, entrance to an amphitheater, from neuter singular of Latin vomitōrius, of spewing forth, emetic, vomitory (a vomitorium being so called because the spectators spewed forth from its opening); see VOMITORY.]
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