a rounded vault forming the roof of a building or structure, typically with a circular base
穹顶,圆屋顶
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the dome of St Paul's Cathedral. 圣保罗大教堂的穹顶。
the revolving openable hemispherical roof of an observatory
(天文台的可打开和旋转的)半球状屋顶。
[in names]
〈北美〉 有穹顶的体育馆。
a thing shaped like such a roof, in particular
穹状物,尤指:
the rounded summit of a hill or mountain
山的圆顶
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the great dome of Mont Blanc .布朗峰的大圆顶。
a natural vault or canopy, such as that of the sky or trees
(天空或树等天然形成的)苍穹;林冠
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the dome of the sky .天幕穹顶。
【地质】 穹地,圆丘,穹丘。
〈非正式〉 头顶
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her Mohican projected from her shaved dome .她的莫希干发型从她剃光的头顶突出来。
〈诗/文〉 雄伟的建筑物。
(of stratified rock or a surface) become rounded in formation; swell.
(分层的岩石或表面)变圆;膨胀。
"early 16th cent. (in sense 3): from French