| 单词 | porcelain tower |
| 释义 | > as lemmasporcelain tower porcelain tower n. [perhaps after Chinese (Nánjīng) táotǎ (Nanjing) porcelain pagoda; compare French tour de porcelaine (1696 or earlier)] now historical (a name for) a famous tower (destroyed in 1853) at Nanjing in China, which was covered with porcelain tiles. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > types of building generally > [noun] > high building > type of porcelain tower1666 gopura1862 ziggurat1877 subtower1883 1666 Philos. Trans. 1665–6 (Royal Soc.) 1 250 The Structure and Antiquity of their [sc. the Chinese] Wall; of the Magnificence of their Porcelain Tower &c. 1752 T. Salmon Universal Traveller I. ii. 8/2 The grandest of all the Chinese Buildings is the Porcelain Tower, which stands before one of the Gates of Nankin. 1842 Times 26 Nov. 5/2 We could see at a distance the inhabited part of the city and the famous porcelain tower; which, however, is porcelain in nothing but the tiles with which it is faced. 1998 Fort Worth (Texas) Star-Telegram (Nexis) 7 Aug. (Life & Arts section) 2 The seven wonders of the Middle Ages are the Roman Colosseum, catacombs of Alexandria, Great Wall of China, Stonehenge, Leaning Tower of Pisa, porcelain tower of Nanking and the mosque of Hagia Sophia. < as lemmas |
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