单词 | tholos |
释义 | tholosn. Architecture. a. A circular domed building or structure; a dome, cupola; a lantern. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > building of specific shape > [noun] quadrangle1596 rotund1606 rotundo1614 camera1633 rotunda1648 tholosc1660 umbrella1680 octagon1767 round tower1790 cone1791 flat-iron1862 tetragon1884 tempietto1896 tetrapylon1904 igloo1956 shoebox1968 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > arch > [noun] > dome or cupola tipe1532 cupola1549 thole1633 dome1656 tholosc1660 imperial1826 onion dome1868 domelet1883 geodesic dome1952 geodetic dome1957 geodesic1977 c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 218 A pretty odd fabrique, with a Tribunal or Tholus within. 1670 S. Wilson Lassels's Voy. Italy (new ed.) i. 188 On the top of it [sc. the Domo of Florence] stands mounted a fair Cupola (or Tholus). 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Tholus, the Roof of a Temple or Church, the Centre, Scutcheon, or Knot in the Middle of an arched Roof, the Lanthorn or Cupola of a publick Hall. 1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. iv. 47 A circular or polygonal tholos. 1841 Civil Engineer & Architect's Jrnl. 4 117/2 The tholus, or concave dome. b. Ancient Greek History. An excavated circular tomb of the Mycenæan age, domed and lined with masonry. Also tholos-tomb. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > burial > grave or burial-place > types of tomb > [noun] > types of ancient or prehistoric table tomb1738 well tomb1843 chamber tomb1850 passage grave1865 allée couverte1870 passage tomb1870 mastaba1882 tholos1885 beehive tomb1887 circle-tomb1889 shaft tomb1895 shaft-grave1910 pit-cave1921 gallery grave1937 dyss1938 1885 Athenæum 12 Dec. 773/2 Mr. Pullan..was astonished to find that the lower cell of the so-called prison of St. Peter at Rome was part of a tholus. 1896 Academy 18 July 54/2 The tholoi with their entrance passages or dromoi excavated in the indurated clay of the hillside were..of good Mycenaean period. 1910 Edinb. Rev. Apr. 479 Among the forms sepulchre are the great bee-hive tholos [etc.]. 1957 V. G. Childe Dawn European Civilization (ed. 6) v. 80 These [sc. chieftains] celebrated their elevation by erecting stately beehive tombs or tholoi. 1975 Times Lit. Suppl. 14 Mar. 282/1 The megalithic architecture of Britain..had no conceivable ancestry in the Mycenaean tholoi. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < |
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