rotunda
rotunda 英 [rə(ʊ)'tʌndə] 美 [ro'tʌndə]
n. 圆形大厅；圆形建筑
名词复数:rotundas
- When making the plans for your new house, consider adding a rotunda, or a round room. It will give the house a grand appearance and also allow you to walk in circles as much as you please.
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- n. 圆形大厅；圆形建筑
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1. Only a minute ago he had limped quickly out of the rotunda in an army-surplus coat.
一分钟前他还穿着那件军装外套跛着腿快速的离开圆形大厅。
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2. One day he stopped me as I was crossing the rotunda from the House to the Senate side of the Capitol.
那一天，我正穿过圆形大厅从州议会大厦的众议院走向参议院去，他叫住了我。
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3. Parks is the first woman and the second African-American to be honored by lying in the rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building.
罗莎·帕克斯是第一位去世后灵柩停放在美国国会山大厦圆形大厅供公众瞻仰的妇女，也是第二位美国非洲裔享此殊荣。
- 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.
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