释义 |
dome1 /dōm/ noun- A structure, usu hemispherical, raised above a large building
- A large cupola
- A cathedral (obsolete)
- A building, esp a great or stately building (poetic)
- Anything approaching the form of a hemispherical vault, eg a head, the cover of a reverberatory furnace, the steam chamber on a locomotive boiler or a clip-fastener that fits into a hold
- A pair of crystal faces parallel to a lateral axis, meeting in a rooflike edge (crystallography)
transitive verb- To cover with a dome
- To make into the shape of a dome
intransitive verb To become dome-shaped ORIGIN: L domus a house; Fr dôme, Ital duoma, Ger Dom domed or domical /dōmˈ or domˈ/ adjective Having a dome dōmˈy adjective |