edifice

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈɛd.ɪ.fɪs/    美 /ˈɛd.ɪ.fɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A building; a structure; an architectural fabric, especially a large and spectacular one.
  2. An abstract structure, such as a school of thought, an argument, a theoretical position, etc.
    — The real difficulty was moral, not intellectual. Was the whole edifice of Ptolemy to be destroyed?

词形变化

edifices plural ædifice alternative,archaic

词汇关系

衍生词
edifice complex
相关词
edificant edification edificator edificatory edificial edifier edify edifyingly edifyingness

词源

From Middle English edifice, from Old French edifice, a classical borrowing of Latin aedificium (“building”), derived from aedificāre (“to build, establish”) (whence also English edify).
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