单词 | rotonda |
释义 | rotondan. 1. Chiefly with capital initial. = rotunda n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > sanctuary or holy place > temple > [noun] > of all gods > Pantheon rotunda?1566 pantheon1586 rotonda1620 pantheum1712 1611 T. Coryate Crudities (1776) II. 90 The Palace..is round (in which respect it is called in the Italian Rotonda).] 1620 W. Hart tr. F. de Croÿ Three Conformities i. x. 23 The Pantheon at Rome, other-wayes called the Rotonda [Fr. la rotonde]. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) ii. 235 From hence I went to the Rotonda, otherwise called anciently, the Pantheon. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. II. 327 Behind the Pantheon, or Rotonda are to be seen the ruins of those [baths] of Marcus Agrippa. 1825 W. Borradaile Idolatry 13 I was frequently witness to the crowds of people that flocked to the Rotonda..at Rome, in order to offer their devotions before a figure of the Virgin. 1895 W. P. P. Longfellow Cycl. Wks. Archit. in Italy, Greece & Levant 68/1 The old basilica of St. Peter, occupying a site adjacent to the Rotonda on the east, was burned about 800; and the Rotonda was afterward made to serve for the Cathedral. 1905 E. Dillon Claude v. 49 On his return from his first and only journey we are told that he lodged near the Rotonda. 1940 J. F. Berkeley & J. W. Berkeley Italy in Making (1968) xvi. 316 On the foremost hillock stands the celebrated Rotonda (the masterpiece of Palladio's architecture). 1995 G. A. Bull Michelangelo (1998) 460 He was buried in the Rotonda..by his physician, his son-in-law and his wife. 2. A rounded or circular garment. rare.In quot. 1711 apparently punning on sense 1. ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [noun] > circularity > a circle > a circular object wheela900 roundc1500 rotonda1711 rim1720 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 127. ¶9 When I survey this new-fashioned Rotonda [sc. the hoop-petticoat] in all its Parts. 1970 I. B. Singer Friend of Kafka (1979) 184 You young people don't know it, but at that time the fashions were different: a rotonda, a hobble skirt,..and others that I don't even remember. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > rounded part rotundo1867 rotonda1874 1874 Lady Herbert tr. J. A. von Hübner Ramble round World I. 56 In the rotonda [Fr. rotonde], a species of ante-room generally attached to the bed-carriages [of an American train]. 4. Philippine English. A roundabout or traffic circle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > route or way > way, path, or track > junction of roads, paths, or tracks > [noun] > types of road junction > roundabout circus1898 rond-point1903 rotonda1908 traffic circle1914 roundabout1926 rotary1940 gyratory1983 modern roundabout1987 1908 Manila, Pearl of Orient (Manila Merchants' Assoc.) 31 The Carriedo fountain, standing in the rotonda of Sampaloc, is of unpretentious design. 1976 Manila Rev. Mar. 46/2 The Twin Sisters Bus slows down in the tricycle and calesa traffic around the rotonda. 2017 Manila Times (Nexis) 1 May Members of the group will march from Agham Road to Welcome Rotonda. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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