edifice
英 ['edɪfɪs]
美 ['ɛdɪfɪs]
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edifice 矮的非是（矮的不是）--- 大廈當然不是矮的那種建築物，而是高的那種建築物。
2. 同源詞：edifice, edify, estivate, estuary, ether.
3. PIE root *aidh- "to burn" => aedis / aedes (originally "a place with a hearth") => 引申為：aedis / aedes "dwelling house, building, temple, sanctuary". => edifice, edify.
4. PIE root *aidh- "to burn" => aestus "boiling (of the sea), tide, heat" => estivate, estuary.
5. PIE root *aidh- "to burn" => aithein "to burn, shine" => ether "upper air; bright, purer air; the sky".
6. 諧音“愛殿費時、愛殿費事”-------皇帝要建自己的愛殿非常費時。
7. 卡西歐EDIFICE中文名為艾迪斐斯，是CASIO旗下擁有新技術的金屬指針男表品牌。先進科技與動力美學成就“Speed and Intelligence”速度與智慧的品牌理念，駕馭速度追求精準，結合動力外型與精密細節，創出令人矚目的指針表款。EDIFICE 在這裏取用了edifice的“巨大而複雜的組織(或係統)、精心建造的東西”之意。
中文詞源
edifice 大廈來自PIE*aidh, 燃燒，詞源同ash, ether. 原指火爐，引申義居住地，大廈。-fice,做，建造。
英文詞源
- edifice (n.)
- late 14c., from Old French edifice "building" (12c.), from Latin aedificium "building," from aedificare "to erect a building," from aedis, variant of aedes "temple, sanctuary," usually a single edifice without partitions, also, in the plural, "dwelling house, building," originally "a place with a hearth" + the root of facere "to make" (see factitious).
Aedis is from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (cognates: Greek aithein "to burn," Sanskrit inddhe "burst into flames," Old Irish aed "fire," Welsh aidd "heat, zeal," Old High German eit "funeral pile"), from root *ai- (2) "to burn" (see ash (n.1)).
雙語例句
- 1. Their new manifesto hardly threatens to bring the whole edifice of capitalism crashing down.
- 他們新的宣言聲稱要摧毀整個資本主義大廈，這是不可能的。
來自《權威詞典》
- 2. The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.
- 美國領事館是位於波爾多市中心的一座宏偉的大廈。
來自辭典例句
- 3. He surveyed the edifice from the outside and admired greatly.
- 他從外邊打量著大廈,對它讚美備至.
來自辭典例句
- 4. Rockfeller critics were fond of accusing him of having an " edifice complex . "
- 批評 洛克菲勒 的人喜歡挖苦他,說他患有建築狂.
來自辭典例句
- 5. There is a huge Victorian edifice in the area.
- 該地區有一幢維多利亞式的龐大建築物.
來自辭典例句