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cryptoporticus

/krip-tuh-pawr-ti-kuhs, -pohr-/US // ˌkrɪp təˈpɔr tɪ kəs, -ˈpoʊr- //

隐翅虫,隐球菌,隐翅虫草,隐翅虫属

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural cryp·to·por·ti·cus.

    • : a covered passage, as one underground, lighted on one side.
    • : a portico at the entrance to a crypt.

Examples

  • On the south side there is a cryptoporticus and a reservoir for water which was supplied by a branch of the Claudian aqueduct.

  • At the ends of the cryptoporticus are the remains of some more rooms.

  • Delbrueck did not see that there was a real communication between the caves along the so-called cryptoporticus.