edifice

英 ['edɪfɪs] 美['ɛdɪfɪs]
  • n. 大厦;大建筑物

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复数: edifices;

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edifice 矮的非是(矮的不是)--- 大厦当然不是矮的那种建筑物,而是高的那种建筑物。
2. 同源词:edifice, edify, estivate, estuary, ether.
3. PIE root *aidh- "to burn" => aedis / aedes (originally "a place with a hearth") => 引申为:aedis / aedes "dwelling house, building, temple, sanctuary". => edifice, edify.
4. PIE root *aidh- "to burn" => aestus "boiling (of the sea), tide, heat" => estivate, estuary.
5. PIE root *aidh- "to burn" => aithein "to burn, shine" => ether "upper air; bright, purer air; the sky".
6. 谐音“爱殿费时、爱殿费事”-------皇帝要建自己的爱殿非常费时。
7. 卡西欧EDIFICE中文名为艾迪斐斯,是CASIO旗下拥有新技术的金属指针男表品牌。先进科技与动力美学成就“Speed and Intelligence”速度与智慧的品牌理念,驾驭速度追求精准,结合动力外型与精密细节,创出令人瞩目的指针表款。EDIFICE 在这里取用了edifice的“巨大而复杂的组织(或系统)、精心建造的东西”之意。

中文词源


edifice 大厦

来自PIE*aidh, 燃烧,词源同ash, ether. 原指火炉,引申义居住地,大厦。-fice,做,建造。

英文词源


edifice (n.)
late 14c., from Old French edifice "building" (12c.), from Latin aedificium "building," from aedificare "to erect a building," from aedis, variant of aedes "temple, sanctuary," usually a single edifice without partitions, also, in the plural, "dwelling house, building," originally "a place with a hearth" + the root of facere "to make" (see factitious).

Aedis is from PIE *aidh- "to burn" (cognates: Greek aithein "to burn," Sanskrit inddhe "burst into flames," Old Irish aed "fire," Welsh aidd "heat, zeal," Old High German eit "funeral pile"), from root *ai- (2) "to burn" (see ash (n.1)).

双语例句


1. Their new manifesto hardly threatens to bring the whole edifice of capitalism crashing down.
他们新的宣言声称要摧毁整个资本主义大厦,这是不可能的。

来自《权威词典》

2. The American consulate was a magnificent edifice in the centre of Bordeaux.
美国领事馆是位于波尔多市中心的一座宏伟的大厦。

来自辞典例句

3. He surveyed the edifice from the outside and admired greatly.
他从外边打量着大厦,对它赞美备至.

来自辞典例句

4. Rockfeller critics were fond of accusing him of having an " edifice complex . "
批评 洛克菲勒 的人喜欢挖苦他,说他患有建筑狂.

来自辞典例句

5. There is a huge Victorian edifice in the area.
该地区有一幢维多利亚式的庞大建筑物.

来自辞典例句