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stoa

/stoh-uh/US // ˈstoʊ ə //UK // (ˈstəʊə) //

凳子,粪便,炉灶,炉子

Related Words

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural sto·as, sto·ai [stoh-ahy], /ˈstoʊ aɪ/, sto·ae [stoh-ee]. /ˈstoʊ i/.

    • : Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inarcade
Synonyms
gallery画廊,图库,图集,廊坊mall商场,商城,购物中心,商场内walkway走道,步道,人行道,行道cloister隐修院,修道院,回廊,隐修会colonnade柱廊,廊道,廊庑,廊桥loggia栅栏,廊桥,凉亭,廊柱passageway走廊,走道,通道,门廊piazza广场,广场上,广场上的portico廊柱,门廊,廊桥,廊道
as inportico
Synonyms
atrium中庭,心房,天井,中厅colonnade柱廊,廊道,廊庑,廊桥veranda门廊,走廊,阳台,廊桥arcade拱廊,拱桥,拱门,拱拱门balcony露台,露台上,露臺,露台上的patio天井,庭院,中庭,门廊piazza广场,广场上,广场上的terrace阳台,露台,平台,梯田verandah阳台,外廊,长廊,廊道walkway走道,步道,人行道,行道

Examples

  • This portico became famous in Athens, and was called (Stoa)—-the Porch.

  • From this Stoa the school derived its name, the students being called the Stoics.

  • There is an evident development in the Roman law toward a more humane conception of slavery; this is due to the Stoa.

  • Many of his words have parallels in the Jewish literature as well as in the writings of the Stoa.

  • He founded his school a year or two before Zeno founded the Stoa, so that the two schools from the first ran parallel in time.

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