dome 音标拼音: [d'om]
n . 圆顶
vt . 加圆顶
vi . 成圆顶状
圆顶加圆顶成圆顶状
dome n 1 :
a concave shape whose distinguishing characteristic is that the concavity faces downward 2 :
informal terms for a human head [
synonym : {
attic }, {
bean },
{
bonce }, {
noodle }, {
noggin }, {
dome }]
3 :
a stadium that has a roof [
synonym : {
dome }, {
domed stadium },
{
covered stadium }]
4 :
a hemispherical roof Cupola \
Cu "
po *
la \ (
k ?"
p ?-
l ?),
n .;
pl . {
Cupolas } (-
l ?
z ). [
It .
cupola ,
LL .
cupula ,
cuppula (
cf .
L .
cupula little tub ).
fr .
cupa ,
cuppa ,
cup ;
cf .
L .
cupa tub .
So called on account of its resemblance to a cup turned over .
See {
Cup },
and cf .
{
Cupule }.]
1 . (
Arch .)
A roof having a rounded form ,
hemispherical or nearly so ;
also ,
a ceiling having the same form .
When on a large scale it is usually called {
dome }.
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2 .
A small structure standing on the top of a dome ;
a lantern .
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3 .
A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity , --
used chiefly in foundries and steel works .
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4 .
A revolving shot -
proof turret for heavy ordnance .
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5 . (
Anat .)
The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear .
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Dome \
Dome \,
n . [
See {
Doom }.]
Decision ;
judgment ;
opinion ;
a court decision . [
Obs .]
--
Chaucer .
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Dome \
Dome \,
n . [
F .
d [^
o ]
me ,
It .
duomo ,
fr .
L .
domus a house ,
domus Dei or Domini ,
house of the Lord ,
house of God ;
akin to Gr . ?
house , ?
to build ,
and E .
timber .
See {
Timber }.]
1 .
A building ;
a house ;
an edifice ; --
used chiefly in poetry .
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Approach the dome ,
the social banquet share . --
Pope .
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2 . (
Arch .)
A cupola formed on a large scale .
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Note : "
The Italians apply the term il duomo to the principal church of a city ,
and the Germans call every cathedral church Dom ;
and it is supposed that the word in its present English sense has crept into use from the circumstance of such buildings being frequently surmounted by a cupola ." --
Am .
Cyc .
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3 .
Any erection resembling the dome or cupola of a building ;
as the upper part of a furnace ,
the vertical steam chamber on the top of a boiler ,
etc .
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4 . (
Crystallog .)
A prism formed by planes parallel to a lateral axis which meet above in a horizontal edge ,
like the roof of a house ;
also ,
one of the planes of such a form .
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Note :
If the plane is parallel to the longer diagonal (
macrodiagonal )
of the prism ,
it is called a macrodome ;
if parallel to the shorter (
brachydiagonal ),
it is a brachydome ;
if parallel to the inclined diagonal in a monoclinic crystal ,
it is called a clinodome ;
if parallel to the orthodiagonal axis ,
an orthodome .
--
Dana .
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1913 Webster ]
111 Moby Thesaurus words for "
dome ":
antenna tower ,
apse ,
arcade ,
arcature ,
arch ,
arched roof ,
archway ,
barbican ,
bean ,
belfry ,
bell tower ,
bend ,
bend back ,
bonnet ,
bow ,
brow ,
camber ,
campanile ,
cap ,
ceil ,
ceilinged roof ,
coif ,
colossus ,
column ,
concameration ,
concha ,
conk ,
cork ,
cove ,
crook ,
crown ,
cupola ,
curl ,
curve ,
decurve ,
deflect ,
derrick ,
embow ,
fire tower ,
flex ,
geodesic dome ,
hat ,
head ,
headpiece ,
hood ,
hook ,
hump ,
hunch ,
igloo ,
incurvate ,
incurve ,
inflect ,
keystone ,
lantern ,
lighthouse ,
loop ,
martello ,
martello tower ,
mast ,
minaret ,
monument ,
noddle ,
noggin ,
noodle ,
obelisk ,
observation tower ,
ogive ,
pagoda ,
pate ,
pilaster ,
pillar ,
pinnacle ,
pole ,
poll ,
pylon ,
pyramid ,
recurve ,
reflect ,
reflex ,
retroflex ,
ridge ,
roof ,
roof in ,
round ,
sag ,
sconce ,
shaft ,
skewback ,
skyscraper ,
span ,
spire ,
standpipe ,
steeple ,
stopper ,
stupa ,
swag ,
sweep ,
television mast ,
tip ,
top ,
tope ,
tour ,
tower ,
turn ,
turret ,
vault ,
vaulting ,
voussoir ,
water tower ,
wind ,
windmill tower
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