rotunda

• n. 圓形大廳；圓形建築

來自 rotund,圓的，-a,表陰性格。後作名詞使用，用於指圓形大廳，圓形建築物。

rotunda (n.)

"round building," 1680s, from Italian rotonda, especially the Pantheon, from noun use of Latin rotunda, fem. of rotundus "round" (see rotund). Meaning "circular hall or room within a building" is from 1780.

1. The Capitol at Washington has a large rotunda.

華盛頓的國會大廈有一圓形大廳.

來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》

2. The Baptistery is a stately rotunda, of huge dimensions, and was a costly structure.

浸禮堂, 是個麵積巨大的圓廳, 也是座豪華的建築.

來自辭典例句

3. The vast rotunda space can hold eight million books.

巨大的圓形大廳可容納800萬冊藏書.

來自互聯網

4. The last such use of the Capitol rotunda was for former President Ronald Reagan in 2004.

至今為止,最後一次使用國會大廈圓形大廳的是在2004年安放了前任總統裏根的遺體.

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5. Former President Gerald R . Ford's body lies in state at the Capital Rotunda in Washington.

美國前總統福特的遺體被安放在華盛頓國會大廈圓形大廳供人瞻仰.

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