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

When a bride walks down the aisle in a church, she is walking down the nave, or central area of the church.

The word nave comes from the Latin navis, meaning "ship." If you think of the central space of a big Gothic church with its high vaulted ceiling, it does kind of form the shape of a ship, doesn't it? The nave is the area where the congregation sits. It's usually rectangular in shape and filled with rows of benches.

WORD FAMILY

nave: naves

USAGE EXAMPLES

Hopeful signs were positioned at strategic intervals along the passageways through the nave, urging us to “Keep Christ in Christmas.”

Salon(Dec 24, 2016)

Sienese Gothic art from the 14th century lines the nave with parallel themes — Old Testament on the left and New Testament on the right.

Seattle Times(Nov 29, 2016)

If natural selection is playing out, workers in the industrial enclave of Nave fear that they are threatened with extinction.

New York Times(Nov 19, 2016)

n the central area of a church

Hyper

area

a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function

单词	nave
释义	nave (once / 1116 pages) n When a bride walks down the aisle in a church, she is walking down the nave, or central area of the church. The word nave comes from the Latin navis, meaning "ship." If you think of the central space of a big Gothic church with its high vaulted ceiling, it does kind of form the shape of a ship, doesn't it? The nave is the area where the congregation sits. It's usually rectangular in shape and filled with rows of benches. WORD FAMILY nave: naves USAGE EXAMPLES Hopeful signs were positioned at strategic intervals along the passageways through the nave, urging us to “Keep Christ in Christmas.” Salon(Dec 24, 2016) Sienese Gothic art from the 14th century lines the nave with parallel themes — Old Testament on the left and New Testament on the right. Seattle Times(Nov 29, 2016) If natural selection is playing out, workers in the industrial enclave of Nave fear that they are threatened with extinction. New York Times(Nov 19, 2016) n the central area of a church Hyper area a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function
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