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单词 onion dome
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Definition of onion dome in English:

onion dome

noun
  • A dome which bulges in the middle and rises to a point, used especially in Russian church architecture.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Before we reached the summit of Shipka, from far off glinted the golden onion domes of the Church of the Nativity.
    • Nowadays, I'm itching to to see the onion domes and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, as well as Red Square and Lenin's Tomb in Moscow.
    • Like his father, he favoured the dumping of Muscovite architecture into St Petersburg's classical townscape; the more onion domes the better, even if long-established residents hated them.
    • Similarly, the shot of Isaac's Cathedral with its colossal onion domes is awe-inspiring.
    • The northern view up the canal is dominated by the onion domes of the Church of the Saviour, or the Church on Spilled Blood, named after its construction on the site of the assassination of Alexander II.
    • We pass a preposterous monument to polychrome and gilded onion domes.
    • The onion dome is sheathed in copper and has a rimu interior, and along with the wrought iron walls was built by the Christchurch firm, Veronese Brothers.
    • On to Uglich, home of Boris Godunov, more onion domes, and yes, you guessed it, icons.
    • The 19 th-century Palais Massena is also well worth a visit, as is the Russian Orthodox St Nicolas Cathedral, with its onion domes, one of the city's most distinctive landmarks.
    • The onion domes of St Nicholas Cathedral gleam in the sunlight.
    • He and his filthy, ravenous companions invaded the compound of onion domes and gilded towers that had been spared the destruction of official atheist zeal, and they did their part in defacing and vandalizing it.
    • You will see lots of onion domes in Cleric and other architecture that is distinct to the land and the time.
    • He works on mirror images - onion domes and the Neva river set against the baroque mouldings and the ‘blowzy arabesques’ of the Red Fort and the ‘much molested’ Jumna.
    • You'll see twin onion domes rising in the distance long before you arrive at this massive abbey standing in the middle of nowhere.
    • However, it is pretty to look at with set and costumes echoing the Olivier film of Henry V apart from possibly the earliest onion dome in western Europe, and has a soundtrack which plays a quite important part.

Derivatives

  • onion-domed

  • adjective
    • These onion-domed churches that punctuate several cityscapes belong to the so-called Eastern Churches still functioning and even thriving as places of worship.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The gleaming, onion-domed Saint Nicholas' Cathedral on boulevard Tsarevitch has to be one of Nice's biggest surprises, surrounded as it is by typically French mid-rise apartment complexes.
      • The onion-domed Holy Resurrection Russian Orthodox Church is one of Kodiak's landmarks.
      • A little wooden onion-domed monastery with various other houses and windmills all strangely made without the use of nails made this ‘World Heritage site’ the highlight of the whole trip for me!
      • It is Sunday, I am in the onion-domed Alexander Nevski cathedral in Tallinn in Estonia, and I happen upon a Russian Orthodox ‘Adoration of the Eucharist’ - a spiritual experience never to be surpassed.
 
 

Definition of onion dome in US English:

onion dome

nounˈənjən doʊmˈənyən dōm
  • A dome which bulges in the middle and rises to a point, used especially in Russian church architecture.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You'll see twin onion domes rising in the distance long before you arrive at this massive abbey standing in the middle of nowhere.
    • The onion domes of St Nicholas Cathedral gleam in the sunlight.
    • However, it is pretty to look at with set and costumes echoing the Olivier film of Henry V apart from possibly the earliest onion dome in western Europe, and has a soundtrack which plays a quite important part.
    • The northern view up the canal is dominated by the onion domes of the Church of the Saviour, or the Church on Spilled Blood, named after its construction on the site of the assassination of Alexander II.
    • He and his filthy, ravenous companions invaded the compound of onion domes and gilded towers that had been spared the destruction of official atheist zeal, and they did their part in defacing and vandalizing it.
    • He works on mirror images - onion domes and the Neva river set against the baroque mouldings and the ‘blowzy arabesques’ of the Red Fort and the ‘much molested’ Jumna.
    • The onion dome is sheathed in copper and has a rimu interior, and along with the wrought iron walls was built by the Christchurch firm, Veronese Brothers.
    • Before we reached the summit of Shipka, from far off glinted the golden onion domes of the Church of the Nativity.
    • Nowadays, I'm itching to to see the onion domes and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, as well as Red Square and Lenin's Tomb in Moscow.
    • On to Uglich, home of Boris Godunov, more onion domes, and yes, you guessed it, icons.
    • The 19 th-century Palais Massena is also well worth a visit, as is the Russian Orthodox St Nicolas Cathedral, with its onion domes, one of the city's most distinctive landmarks.
    • Like his father, he favoured the dumping of Muscovite architecture into St Petersburg's classical townscape; the more onion domes the better, even if long-established residents hated them.
    • We pass a preposterous monument to polychrome and gilded onion domes.
    • You will see lots of onion domes in Cleric and other architecture that is distinct to the land and the time.
    • Similarly, the shot of Isaac's Cathedral with its colossal onion domes is awe-inspiring.
 
 
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