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单词 dome
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
dome /doʊm/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Architecturea roof or ceiling that is rounded or in the form of a part of a sphere.
  2. Slang Termsa person's head:the painter's bald dome.
domed, adj.: the domed basilica of St. Peter's.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
dome  (dōm),USA pronunciation n., v., domed, dom•ing. 
n. 
  1. Architecture
    • a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions.
    • a domical roof or ceiling.
    • a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
  2. any covering thought to resemble the hemispherical vault of a building or room:the great dome of the sky.
  3. anything shaped like a hemisphere or inverted bowl.
  4. Civil Engineering(in a dam) a semidome having its convex surface toward the impounded water.
  5. Crystallographya form having planes that intersect the vertical axis and are parallel to one of the lateral axes.
  6. Geologyupwarp.
  7. Rail TransportAlso called vistadome. a raised, glass-enclosed section of the roof of a passenger car, placed over an elevated section of seats to afford passengers a full view of scenery.
  8. Time[Horol.]an inner cover for the works of a watch, which snaps into the rim of the case.
  9. Geologya mountain peak having a rounded summit.
  10. Slang Termsa person's head:I wish I could get the idea into that thick dome of yours.

v.t. 
  1. to cover with or as if with a dome.
  2. to shape like a dome.

v.i. 
  1. to rise or swell as a dome.
  • Medieval Latin domus (Deī) house (of God), church; akin to timber
  • Italian duomo
  • Middle French dome
  • 1505–15
domelike′, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
dome /dəʊm/ n
  1. a hemispherical roof or vault or a structure of similar form
  2. something shaped like this
  3. a slang word for the head
vb (transitive)
  1. to cover with or as if with a dome
  2. to shape like a dome
Etymology: 16th Century: from French, from Italian duomo cathedral, from Latin domus house

ˈdomeˌlike adj domical /ˈdəʊmɪkəl ˈdɒm-/ adj
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