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圓頂 — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cupola noun A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
  • shade noun An area of relative darkness where direct sunlight is blocked.
  • spire noun A tall, tapering structure that rises to a point, especially on top of a church tower.

Senses

圓頂 is used for these senses in English:

  • cupola (architecture) A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
  • shade (countable) A cover around or above a light bulb, a lampshade.
  • spire The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit. [from 17th c.]

cupola — full definition

  1. noun A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
  2. noun A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
  3. noun An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
  4. noun A solid formed by joining two polygons, one (the base) with twice as many edges as the other, by an alternating band of isosceles triangles and rectangles.

shade — full definition

  1. noun An area of relative darkness where direct sunlight is blocked.
  2. noun A particular variation of a color.
  3. noun A subtly insulting remark (often "throw shade").
  4. verb To block or shield from light.

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