cupola
冲天炉,圆顶屋,圆顶,冲天炮
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- : Architecture. a light structure on a dome or roof, serving as a belfry, lantern, or belvedere.a dome, especially one covering a circular or polygonal area.
- : any of various domelike structures.
- : Metallurgy. a vertical furnace for melting iron to be cast.
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Since Inspiration4 is not going to the space station, SpaceX removed the docking collar at the nose of the Dragon and replaced it with a transparent cupola—the largest window ever built for space, and which should make for breathtaking sightseeing.
That required the crew to practice sealing the hatch that separates the cockpit from the cupola viewing station within 30 seconds.
Features include a glass cupola designed by Sir Joseph Paxton, who also created the Crystal Palace in London.
Paul Smith filled the Bourse de Commerce with its copper cupola in June for his menswear show.
The cupola rears its proud head majestically above the pile of stone and marble.
The roof is topped by a plain cupola in the center with two huge chimneys on either side.
His principal work is seen in the frescoes of the cupola at San Sigismondo, at Cremona.
The exterior walls are made of imitation malachite; the roof is a sky-blue cupola spangled with gilt stars.
It is near the western edge of the village of Greenough, the gilt cupola of whose eminent steeple is noted by far-passing ships.