impluvium
/im-ploo-vee-uhm/US // ɪmˈplu vi əm //
植入物,蕴积物,蕴涵物,内积物
Definitions
n.名词 noun
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plural im·plu·vi·a [im-ploo-vee-uh]. /ɪmˈplu vi ə/.
- : a basin or tank within a compluvium.
Examples
So important was the impluvium to the trium, that the latter was named from the manner in which the former was constructed.
There were no windows, all natural light coming through the impluvium or, in pleasant weather, through the open door.
In the centre of the atrium was the impluvium, a rectangular marble tank to catch and hold the waters from the roof.
It was the place of ablution—something like the impluvium in a Roman villa—and its sides were lined with ornamental tiles.
This was a very usual arrangement in the Atrium of a Roman house with the impluvium in the centre.
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