architecture

noun

/ˈɑːkɪtektʃə(r)/

/ˈɑːrkɪtektʃər/

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[uncountable] the art and study of designing buildings
- to study architecture
- She's a professor of architecture at the University of Oregon.
- an architecture student/critic
Topics Buildingsa2
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[uncountable] the design or style of a building or buildings
- the architecture of the eighteenth century
- modern architecture
- There are examples of most styles of architecture in the town.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- classical
- contemporary
- medieval
- …
phrases
- a school of architecture
- a style of architecture
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[countable, uncountable] (computing) the design and structure of a computer systemTopics Computersc1
Oxford Collocations Dictionary
adjective
- client-server
- hardware
- information
- …
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin architectura, from architectus from Greek arkhitektōn, from arkhi- ‘chief’ + tektōn ‘builder’.

单词	architecture
释义	architecture noun /ˈɑːkɪtektʃə(r)/ /ˈɑːrkɪtektʃər/ jump to other results [uncountable] the art and study of designing buildings to study architecture She's a professor of architecture at the University of Oregon. an architecture student/critic Topics Buildingsa2 enlarge image [uncountable] the design or style of a building or buildings the architecture of the eighteenth century modern architecture There are examples of most styles of architecture in the town. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective classical contemporary medieval … phrases a school of architecture a style of architecture See full entry [countable, uncountable] (computing) the design and structure of a computer systemTopics Computersc1 Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective client-server hardware information … See full entry Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin architectura, from architectus from Greek arkhitektōn, from arkhi- ‘chief’ + tektōn ‘builder’.
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