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rotunda

/roh-tuhn-duh/US // roʊˈtʌn də //UK // (rəʊˈtʌndə) //

圆顶大厅,大厅,圆形大厅,大堂

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a round building, especially one with a dome.
    • : a large and high circular hall or room in a building, especially one surmounted by a dome.

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Examples

  • He was a part of the crowd that cops were trying to clear in the rotunda in the center of the Capitol.

  • Elsewhere throughout the Capitol, tourists milled about, seemingly unaware of the exodus, perusing the historic portraits on the walls and marveling at the ornate rotunda.

  • McFaden, too, finally got a call to jump into the action, and was ordered to the rotunda.

  • They climbed up another flight of stairs to get to the Capitol crypt, the circular room directly beneath the rotunda.

  • Protesters are typically allowed in the rotunda, and so far, the group has been peaceful.

  • Tough women with children at home curled up in the rotunda at the foot of the grand staircase.

  • Then a newscaster would break in with some ratatattat announcement that amounted to nothing, and then it was back to the rotunda.

  • Jubilant crowds filled the Capitol rotunda and thunderous applause greeted us everywhere as we emerged from the vote.

  • The reviled Batman gets a statue in the city hall rotunda, and orphan boys can romp in a great big mansion, unafraid.

  • In the rotunda, connecting the north and south cell-houses, the Deputy stands at a high desk.

  • The short steps patter on the bridge connecting the upper rotunda with the cell-house, and pass along the gallery.

  • Past the tier of vacant cells, we ascend the stairway to the upper rotunda, on the left side of which is the Chaplain's office.

  • The door of the rotunda swings open, admitting the tall, lank figure of the Deputy Warden.

  • All these articles are arranged for exhibition in this rotunda, which is lighted up with candles.