architecture

英 ['ɑːkɪtektʃə] 美 ['ɑrkə'tɛktʃɚ]
  • n. 建筑学;建筑风格;建筑式样

助记提示


1、archi- + tect- "builder, carpenter" + -ure.
2、字面含义:master builder, director of works.

英文词源


architecture (n.)
1560s, from Middle French architecture, from Latin architectura, from architectus "architect" (see architect).

双语例句


1. The economic gloom of the early 1980s was relieved by fanciful architecture.
20世纪80年代初期的经济萧条气氛因各种奇异古怪建筑的出现而有所缓解。

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2. The house is a textbook example of medieval domestic architecture.
这所房子是典型的中世纪民居。

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3. Columns are usually intended in architecture to add grandeur and status.
圆柱在建筑中通常用来增添气势和显示地位。

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4. These two buildings typify the rich extremes of Irish architecture.
这两座建筑物体现了爱尔兰建筑风格的极致多变。

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5. the architecture of the eighteenth century
十八世纪的建筑风格

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