英语词汇“crystal palace”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

crystal palace n. (a) poetic a fanciful palace made of crystal or having a transparent or airy appearance; (b) a large building constructed with a high proportion of glass; spec. (usually with the and capital initials) (the name of) the innovative cast iron and glass building designed by Joseph Paxton (1803–65) to house the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park, London.After the Exhibition, the Crystal Palace was taken down and reconstructed in an improved form with elaborate gardens on Sydenham Hill, near London, as a place of entertainment; it was destroyed by fire in 1936.

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1602 F. Beaumont tr. Ovid Salmacis & Hermaphroditus sig. D4 There the little god Hath a cleare cristall Palace of abode.]

1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter Prol. sig. A2 Sent from the Christall Palace of true Fame And bright Starre-Chamber of eternall soules,..To dwell with mortall bodies here on earth.

1786 Rajah Kisna I. ii. 76 Thus spoke the goddess, and descended to her crystal palace with all her watry train.

1848 Illustr. London News 22 Jan. 44/1 The Jardin d'Hiver..is a vast conservatory or crystal palace, filled with magnificent pictures and statues, bronzes, fountains, [etc.].

1850 Worcs. Chron. 21 Aug. 4/3 Mr. Paxton's ‘crystal palace’, for the exhibition of 1851, has given a fillip to the glass trade.

1890 Chautauquan Mar. 714/1 Mt. Tacoma and its cloud city of crystal palaces.

1920 W. J. Humphreys Physics of Air iii. ii. 455 Italian poets represent her [sc. Morgan le Fay] as dwelling in a crystal palace beneath the waves.

1984 E. H. Colbert Great Dinosaur Hunters & their Discov. ii. 35 (caption) A contemporary..drawing, showing the models of prehistoric animals,..exhibited on the grounds of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham.

2008 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 21 Apr. 48 The great cathedrals were the wonders of the medieval world. These crystal palaces were built centuries before modern architects did the same with glass and steel.

单词	crystal palace
释义	> as lemmas crystal palace crystal palace n. (a) poetic a fanciful palace made of crystal or having a transparent or airy appearance; (b) a large building constructed with a high proportion of glass; spec. (usually with the and capital initials) (the name of) the innovative cast iron and glass building designed by Joseph Paxton (1803–65) to house the Great Exhibition of 1851 in Hyde Park, London.After the Exhibition, the Crystal Palace was taken down and reconstructed in an improved form with elaborate gardens on Sydenham Hill, near London, as a place of entertainment; it was destroyed by fire in 1936. ΚΠ 1602 F. Beaumont tr. Ovid Salmacis & Hermaphroditus sig. D4 There the little god Hath a cleare cristall Palace of abode.] 1607 B. Barnes Divils Charter Prol. sig. A2 Sent from the Christall Palace of true Fame And bright Starre-Chamber of eternall soules,..To dwell with mortall bodies here on earth. 1786 Rajah Kisna I. ii. 76 Thus spoke the goddess, and descended to her crystal palace with all her watry train. 1848 Illustr. London News 22 Jan. 44/1 The Jardin d'Hiver..is a vast conservatory or crystal palace, filled with magnificent pictures and statues, bronzes, fountains, [etc.]. 1850 Worcs. Chron. 21 Aug. 4/3 Mr. Paxton's ‘crystal palace’, for the exhibition of 1851, has given a fillip to the glass trade. 1890 Chautauquan Mar. 714/1 Mt. Tacoma and its cloud city of crystal palaces. 1920 W. J. Humphreys Physics of Air iii. ii. 455 Italian poets represent her [sc. Morgan le Fay] as dwelling in a crystal palace beneath the waves. 1984 E. H. Colbert Great Dinosaur Hunters & their Discov. ii. 35 (caption) A contemporary..drawing, showing the models of prehistoric animals,..exhibited on the grounds of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham. 2008 Bristol Evening Post (Nexis) 21 Apr. 48 The great cathedrals were the wonders of the medieval world. These crystal palaces were built centuries before modern architects did the same with glass and steel. extracted from crystaln.adj. < as lemmas
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