| 单词 | edifice |
| 释义 | edifice (once / 635 pages) n Edifice means a building, but it doesn't mean just any building. To merit being called an edifice, a building must be important. A mini temple can be an edifice, or a towering sky scraper. The meaning of edifice has expanded to include a system of ideas––when it is complicated enough to be considered to have walls and a roof, then it is an edifice. You could say that basic facts of addition and subtraction are the foundation on which the edifice of higher math rests. WORD FAMILYedifice: edifices USAGE EXAMPLESThe ugly edifice of the J. Edgar Hoover Building is next, named for an authoritarian with many grudges. Seattle Times(Dec 10, 2016) He lives on the outskirts of Tirana, in a suburb that rural families migrated to when the communist edifice collapsed in the early 1990s. BBC(Nov 30, 2016) If it’s anything like the other edifices that bear his name, in 20ft high bronze letters, beauty might be stretching it. The Guardian(Nov 27, 2016) n a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place it was an imposing edifice Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper building Independence Hall the building in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed Houses of Parliamentthe building in which the House of Commons and the House of Lords meet Alhambraa fortified Moorish palace built near Granada by Muslim kings in the Middle Ages Artemision at Ephesusthe large temple of the Greek goddess Artemis which was begun at Ephesus in 541 BC and completed 220 years later; the temple was destroyed by the Goths in 262 Augean stables(Greek mythology) the extremely dirty stables that were finally cleaned by Hercules who diverted two rivers through them Capitol Buildingthe government building in Washington where the United States Senate and the House of Representatives meet Chartres Cathedrala Gothic cathedral in northern France; built in 13th century Empire State Buildinga skyscraper built in New York City in 1931; 1250 feet tall Caaba(Islam) a black stone building in Mecca that is shaped like a cube and that is the most sacred Muslim pilgrim shrine; believed to have been given by Gabriel to Abraham; Muslims turn in its direction when praying Lateran Palacea palace that served as the residence of the popes until the 14th century National Baseball Hall of Famea Hall of Fame and museum in Cooperstown, New York, honoring great baseball players United States National Library of Medicinethe world's largest medical library Parthenonthe main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture Pentagona government building with five sides that serves as the headquarters of the United States Department of Defense Petronas Towerstwin skyscrapers built in Kuala Lumpur in 1997; 1482 feet high Sears Towera skyscraper built in Chicago in 1974; 1454 feet tall Sistine Chapelthe private chapel of the popes in Rome; it was built by and named after Sixtus IV in 1473 Mormon Tabernaclethe Mormon temple Oracle of Apollo(Greek mythology) the oracle at Delphi where a priestess supposedly delivered messages from Apollo to those who sought advice; the messages were usually obscure or ambiguous Temple of Artemisa large temple at Ephesus that was said to be one of the seven wonders of the ancient world Temple of Jerusalemany of three successive temples in Jerusalem that served as the primary center for Jewish worship; the first temple contained the Ark of the Covenant and was built by Solomon in the 10th century BC and destroyed by Nebuchadnezzar in 586 BC; the second was built in 515 BC and the third was an enlargement by Herod the Great in 20 BC that was destroyed by the Romans during a Jewish revolt in AD 70; all that remains is the Wailing Wall Tower of Babel(Genesis 11:1-11) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven; God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another Tuileries Palacepalace and royal residence built for Catherine de Medicis in 1564 and burned down in 1871; all that remains today are the formal gardens Vatican Palacethe residence of the Catholic Pope in the Vatican City Palace of Versaillesa palace built in the 17th century for Louis XIV southwest of Paris near the city of Versailles White Housethe government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States World Trade Centertwin skyscrapers 110 stories high in New York City; built 1368 feet tall in 1970 to 1973; destroyed by a terrorist attack on September 11, 2001 Buckingham Palacethe London residence of the British sovereign Mount Vernonthe former residence of George Washington in northeastern Virginia overlooking the Potomac river Westminster Abbeya famous Gothic church of St. Peter in Westminster, London on the site of a former Benedictine monastery abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse a building where animals are butchered apartment building, apartment housea building that is divided into apartments architecturean architectural product or work aviary, bird sanctuary, volarya building where birds are kept bathhouse, bathing machinea building containing dressing rooms for bathers bowling alleya building that contains several alleys for bowling center, centrea building dedicated to a particular activity chapterhousea building attached to a monastery or cathedral; used as a meeting place for the chapter club, clubhousea building that is occupied by a social club dorm, dormitory, hall, residence hall, student residencea college or university building containing living quarters for students farm buildinga building on a farm feedlota building where livestock are fattened for market firetrapa building that would be hard to escape from if it were to catch fire gambling den, gambling hell, gambling house, gaming housea public building in which a variety of games of chance can be played (operated as a business) gazebo, summerhousea small roofed building affording shade and rest government buildinga building that houses a branch of government glasshouse, greenhouse, nurserya building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions halla large building for meetings or entertainment halla large building used by a college or university for teaching or research Hall of Famea building containing trophies honoring famous people hotela building where travelers can pay for lodging and meals and other services casino-hotel, hotel-casinoa building that houses both a hotel and a casino housea dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families housea building in which something is sheltered or located librarya building that houses a collection of books and other materials health facility, healthcare facility, medical buildingbuilding where medicine is practiced ministrybuilding where the business of a government department is transacted dead room, morgue, mortuarya building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation observatorya building designed and equipped to observe astronomical phenomena office block, office buildinga building containing offices where work is done opium dena building where opium is sold and used outbuildinga building that is subordinate to and separate from a main building packinghousea building where foodstuffs are processed and packed house of God, house of prayer, house of worship, place of worshipany building where congregations gather for prayer planetariuma building housing an instrument for projecting the positions of the planets onto a domed ceiling presbyterybuilding reserved for the officiating clergy eatery, eating house, eating place, restauranta building where people go to eat rest housea building used for shelter by travelers (especially in areas where there are no hotels) rink, skating rinkbuilding that contains a surface for ice skating or roller skating Roman buildinga building constructed by the ancient Romans rotundaa building having a circular plan and a dome ruina ruined building school, schoolhousea building where young people receive education shooting gallerya building (usually abandoned) where drug addicts buy and use heroin signal box, signal towera building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains skyscrapera very tall building with many stories student uniona building on a college campus dedicated to social and organizational activities of the student body tap house, taverna building with a bar that is licensed to sell alcoholic drinks telco building, telecom hotela building that houses telecommunications equipment templean edifice devoted to special or exalted purposes house, theater, theatrea building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented bagnio, bawdyhouse, bordello, brothel, cathouse, house of ill repute, house of prostitution, sporting housea building where prostitutes are available arena theater, theater in the rounda theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage barnan outlying farm building for storing grain or animal feed and housing farm animals Roman basilica, basilicaa Roman building used for public administration bagnio, bathhousea building containing public baths beach housea house built on or near a beach beer gardentavern with an outdoor area (usually resembling a garden) where beer and other alcoholic drinks are served belvederea gazebo sited to command a fine view bethela house of worship (especially one for sailors) bistroa small informal restaurant; serves wine boarding house, boardinghousea private house that provides accommodations and meals for paying guests brasseriea small restaurant serving beer and wine as well as food; usually cheap brewpuba combination brewery and restaurant; beer is brewed for consumption on the premises and served along with food bucket shop(formerly) a cheap saloon selling liquor by the bucket bungalow, cottagea small house with a single story burn centera center where patients with severe burns can be treated cabina small house built of wood; usually in a wooded area cafe, coffee bar, coffee shop, coffeehousea small restaurant where drinks and snacks are sold cafeteriaa restaurant where you serve yourself and pay a cashier call center, call centrea center equipped to handle a large volume of telephone calls (especially for taking orders or serving customers) canteenrestaurant in a factory; where workers can eat canteen, mobile canteena restaurant outside; often for soldiers or policemen capitola building occupied by a state legislature casino, gambling casinoa public building for gambling and entertainment chaleta Swiss house with a sloping roof and wide eaves or a house built in this style chancellerya government building housing the office of a chancellor chapela place of worship that has its own altar chapterhouse, frat house, fraternity housea house used as a residence by a chapter of a fraternity chicken coop, coop, hencoop, henhousea farm building for housing poultry church, church buildinga place for public (especially Christian) worship cinema, movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palacea theater where films are shown city halla building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government clinica healthcare facility for outpatient care carriage house, coach house, remisea small building for housing coaches and carriages and other vehicles civic center, community centera center where the members of a community can gather for social or cultural activities conference center, conference housea center where conferences can be conducted conservatory, hothouse, indoor gardena greenhouse in which plants are arranged in a pleasing manner conservatoire, conservatorya schoolhouse with special facilities for fine arts control centerthe operational center for a group of related activities conventicle, meetinghousea building for religious assembly (especially Nonconformists, e.g., Quakers) country housea house (usually large and impressive) on an estate in the country courthousea building that houses judicial courts courthousea government building that houses the offices of a county government crematorium, crematorya mortuary where corpses are cremated customhouse, customshousea government building where customs are collected and where ships are cleared to enter or leave the country day schoola school building without boarding facilities detached house, single dwellinga house that stands alone dinera restaurant that resembles a dining car dinner theater, dinner theatrea theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission diplomatic buildinggovernment building in which diplomats live or work doll's house, dollhousea house so small that it is likened to a child's plaything duplex, duplex house, semidetached housea house with two units sharing a common wall farmhousehouse for a farmer and family field house, sports arenaa building for indoor sports fleabaga run-down hotel funeral chapel, funeral church, funeral home, funeral parlor, funeral parlour, funeral-residencea mortuary where those who knew the deceased can come to pay their last respects garagean outbuilding (or part of a building) for housing automobiles gatehousea house built at a gateway; usually the gatekeeper's residence greasy spoona small restaurant specializing in short-order fried foods grill, grillrooma restaurant where food is cooked on a grill guesthousea house separate from the main house; for housing guests guildhallthe hall of a guild or corporation haciendathe main house on a ranch or large estate hall of residencea university dormitory hash housean inexpensive restaurant home theater, home theatretelevision and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater hospital, infirmarya health facility where patients receive treatment auberge, hostel, hostelry, inn, lodgea hotel providing overnight lodging for travelers icehousea house for storing ice ice, ice rink, ice-skating rinka rink with a floor of ice for ice hockey or ice skating dog house, doghouse, kenneloutbuilding that serves as a shelter for a dog little theater, little theatrea small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groups hunting lodge, lodgea small (rustic) house used as a temporary shelter lodging house, rooming housea house where rooms are rented lunchrooma restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased lyceuma public hall for lectures and concerts maisonette, maisonnettea small house hall, manse, mansion, mansion house, residencea large and imposing house masjid, musjid(Islam) a Muslim place of worship massage parlora place where illicit sex is available under the guise of therapeutic massage meat housea small house (on a farm) where meat is stored mosque(Islam) a Muslim place of worship that usually has a minaret court, motor hotel, motor inn, motor lodge, tourist courta hotel for motorists; provides direct access from rooms to parking area music hall, vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatrea theater in which vaudeville is staged oast housea building containing an oast (a kiln for drying hops); usually has a conical or pyramidal roof opera, opera housea building where musical dramas are performed earth-closet, jakes, outhouse, privya small outbuilding with a bench having holes through which a user can defecate gin mill, pothouse, pub, public house, saloon, taphousetavern consisting of a building with a bar and public rooms; often provides light meals pump house, pumping stationa house where pumps (e.g. to irrigate) are installed and operated ranch housea one story house with a low pitched roof rathskellera tavern below street level featuring beer; originally a German restaurant in the basement of city hall research center, research facilitya center where research is done residencethe official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president) resort hotel, spaa fashionable hotel usually in a resort area Ritzan ostentatiously elegant hotel rotisseriea restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats row house, town housea house that is one of a row of identical houses situated side by side and sharing common walls safe housea house used as a hiding place or refuge by members of certain organizations saltboxa type of house built in New England; has two stories in front and one behind service cluba recreational center for servicemen settlement housea center in an underprivileged area that provides community services shedan outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage shrinea place of worship hallowed by association with some sacred thing or person ski lodgea hotel at a ski resort meat house, smokehousea small house where smoke is used to cure meat or fish adobe house, sod house, soddya house built of sod or adobe laid in horizontal courses solar housea house designed to use solar radiation for heating; usually has large areas of glass in front of heat-absorbing materials horse barn, stable, stallsa farm building for housing horses or other livestock stash housea house where weapons and supplies are hidden Statehousea government building in which a state legislature meets chophouse, steakhousea restaurant that specializes in steaks student centera center for student activities at a college or university synagogue, tabernacle, temple(Judaism) the place of worship for a Jewish congregation tea parlor, tea parlour, teahouse, tearoom, teashopa restaurant where tea and light meals are available templeplace of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity tenement, tenement housea run-down apartment house barely meeting minimal standards town halla government building that houses administrative offices of a town government tract houseone of many houses of similar design constructed together on a tract of land villadetached or semidetached suburban house walk-upan apartment building without an elevator ziggurat, zikkurat, zikurata rectangular tiered temple or terraced mound erected by the ancient Assyrians and Babylonians shebeenunlicensed drinking establishment holiday resort, resort, resort hotela hotel located in a resort area orangerya place where oranges are grown; a plantation of orange trees in warm climes or a greenhouse in cooler areas construction, structure a thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts |
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